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French rugby football : a cultural history / Philip Dine.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dine, Philip.
- Series:
- Berg French studies.
- Berg French studies, 1354-3636
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rugby Union football--France--History.
- Rugby Union football.
- Rugby Union football--Social aspects--France.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 229 pages) : map
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Berg, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- As France's oldest team sport, rugby football has throughout its 125-year history reflected major changes in French society. This book analyzes the complex variety of motives which have led the French to adopt and remake this unlikely British sport in their own image.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The rise of le rugby-panache, 1880-1914
- pt. 2. Rugby goes to war, 1914-1945
- pt. 3. Uncorking le rugby-champagne, 1945-1968
- pt. 4. Towards a global game, 1968-2000.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-90777-8
- 9786612907777
- 1-84788-032-0
- OCLC:
- 688242200
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