A history of drug use in sport 1876-1976 : beyond good and evil / Paul Dimeo.

London ; New York : Routledge, 2007.

xi, 153 pages ; 24 cm

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.