Rugby Union and Globalization: An Odd-Shaped World

By John Harris

Book Overview

In 1995 rugby union finally became a professional sport following more than a century as an amateur game. This book offers a critical analysis of the sport in the professional era and assesses the relationship between the local and the global in contemporary rugby union.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 023022931X
• ISBN13: 9780230229310
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"