| Description |
xii, 251 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Early History of Performance Enhancement Drugs, 1860-1959 -- 2. The Beginnings of Modern Doping, 1960-1969 -- 3. The Rise of East German Athletics and Other Tales of Doping, 1970-1979 -- 4. Blood Doping, EPO, and Human Growth Hormone, 1980-1989 -- 5. An Explosion of Doping Cases and the Rise of Custom-Tailored Drugs, 1990-1999 -- 6. Is Everyone Doping? 2000-Present -- 7. Future Perfect: Genetically Modified Athletes? |
| Summary |
"Doping - the use of performance-enhancing drugs - has been a method athletes and their trainers have turned to to beat their competition. The history of doping during the modern era can be traced through the events and scandals of the times in which the athletes lived. This book includes a timeline of major milestones and events in the history of doping from the mid-1800s onward. It also shows that a number of popularly circulated stories about doping in sports don't hold up under close examination. To round out this study, Dope features an afterword that addresses the final conclusion of the Floyd Landis doping case and brings the content up to the minute on other current scandals."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-238) and index |
| Subject |
Doping in sports -- History.
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Athletes -- Drug use -- History.
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Anabolic steroids -- History.
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| LC no. |
2008009949 |
| ISBN |
9780313345203 (alk. paper) |
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0313345201 (alk. paper) |
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