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Barbarians, Gentlemen and Players: A Sociological Study of the Development of Rugby Football

Barbarians, Gentlemen and Players: A Sociological Study of the Development of Rugby Football

Sheard, Kenneth
Dunning, Eric

Paperback

Series: Sport in the Global Society

Sports GeneralGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 071468290X
ISBN13: 9780714682907
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Dec 20 2004
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.71 Width: 6.34 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

First published in 1979, this classic study of the development of rugby from folk game to its modern Union and League forms has become a seminal text in sport history. In a new epilogue the authors provide sociological analysis of the major developments in international ruby that have taken place since 1979, with particular attention to the professionalism that was predicted in the first edition of this text. Sports lovers, rugby fans and students of the history and sociology of sport will find it invaluable.

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