The ‘Other’ Sport Mega-event examines the 2011 Rugby World Cup as a contested terrain of politics, commerce and identity._x005F_x000D_
This book was published as a special issue of Sport and Society.
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Place: UK
Publication Year: 2015-09-10
Language: English
Number of Pages: 120
Edition: 1
Series: Sport in the Global Society – Contemporary Perspectives
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