A history of drug use in sport 1876-1976:beyond good and evil

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Dimeo Paul 1971-
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: London New York
Publication Dates: 2007.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xi, 153 p.: ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9780415357715 (hbk)
0415357713 (hbk)
9780415357722 (pbk.)
0415357721 (pbk.)
9780203003701 (ebk)
0203003705 (ebk)
Index Number: R872
CLC: R872.5-09
Call Number: R872.5-09/D582
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-149) and index.
Sport, drugs, and society -- Doping and the rise of modern sport, 1876-1918 -- The science gets serious, 1920-1945 -- Amphetamines and post-war sport, 1945-1976 -- The steroids epidemic, 1945-1976 -- Dealing with the scandal : anti-doping and the new ethics of sport, 1945-1965 -- Science, morality, and policy : the modernisation of anti-doping, 1965-1976 -- Doping, anti-doping and the changing values of sport.