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BL
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724701
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b544420
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| Main Entry
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John Harris.
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| Title & Author
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Rugby union and globalization : : an odd-shaped world\ John Harris.
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| Publication Statement
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010
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| Series Statement
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Global culture and sport
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(xvi, 168 Seiten).
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| ISBN
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0230289711
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: 9780230289710
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| Contents
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Introduction Where and Why Rugby Matters The Rugby World Cup Power Shifts: From League to Union The Rugby Player as Celebrity Player Migration in the Professional Age The Migration of Coaches in Rugby Union Passports of Convenience The Lions Roar Flattening the Rugby World
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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.
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Rugby Union football -- Sociological aspects.
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Rugby Union football.
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Sports and globalization.
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| LC Classification
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GV946.2J646 2010
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| Added Entry
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John Harris
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