Rugby union and globalization

By John Harris

Subjects: Sports, social aspects, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Sociology of Sports, History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Rugby Union football, Sports and globalization, Sociological aspects, Professional sports, Nationalism and sports, Rugby football, SPORTS & RECREATION / Rugby

Description: "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"--