French rugby football: a cultural history
Auteur :
Dine, Philip
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN :
9781859733226
Date de publication :
1 juil. 2001
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 2,0 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
As France's oldest team sport, rugby football has throughout its 125-year history reflected major changes in French society. This book analyzes the complex variety of motives which have led the French to adopt and remake this unlikely British sport in their own image.