| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 153 pages) |
| Contents |
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 |
| Summary |
Offering a new history of drug use in sport, the book argues that taking drugs to enhance performance has not always been the crisis of 'evil' we now think it is. Reviewing the period from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth century, this book chronicles our changing science and moral codes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-149) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Doping in sports -- History
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Athletes -- Drug use -- History
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Doping in Sports -- prevention & control
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History, 19th Century
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History, 20th Century
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Sports -- history
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SELF-HELP -- Substance Abuse & Addictions -- General.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Psychopathology -- Addiction.
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Athletes -- Drug use
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Doping in sports
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780203003701 |
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0203003705 |
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