Rugby union and globalization : an odd-shaped world / John Harris.

This book provides a critical analysis of rugby union in the professional era and assesses the relationship between the local and the global in the game. Through focusing on key figures and important events it traces the turbulent development of a game steeped in an amateur ethos, yet now operating...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Harris, John, 1972-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Series:	Global culture and sport.
Subjects:	Rugby Union football. Rugby Union football > Sociological aspects. Sports and globalization. Nationalism and sports.