Amateur Game
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colonial sport history
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French Rugby
gender in athletics
globalisation of rugby cultures
High School Physical Education Programmes
High School Rugby
homophobia in sport
International Rugby
Japanese Rugby
Maori Rugby
nationalism in sport
professionalisation of sport
Rugby
Rugby Club
Rugby Culture
Rugby Football
Rugby Teams
Rugby World Cup
SARU
School Rugby
Service Delivery Platforms
South African Rugby
sports sociology
Springbok Emblem
Test Match
Welsh Rugby
Women Rugby Players
Women's Rugby
Women's Team
Women’s Rugby
World Cup
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780714644110
- Weight: 470g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Nov 1999
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book explores the expansion of rugby from its imperial and amateur upper-class white male core into other contexts throughout the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The development of rugby in the racially divided communities of the setter empire and how this was viewed are explored initially. Then the editors turn to four case studies of rugby's expansion beyond the bounds of the British Empire (France, Italy, Japan and the USA). The role of women in rugby is examined and the subsequent development of women's rugby as one of the fastest growing sports for women in Europe, North America and Australasia in the 1980s and 1990s. The final section analyses the impact of commercialisation, professionalisation and media on rugby and the impact on the historic rugby culture linked to an ethos of amateurism.
Timothy J.L. Chandler, John Nauright
