{"product_id":"doping-a-sporting-history-9781789145274","title":"Doping: A Sporting History","description":"\u003cb\u003eA gripping, provocative history of doping in sports--packed with examples--that proposes a new emphasis for modern anti-doping efforts.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Why is doping a perennial problem for sports? Is this solely a contemporary phenomenon? And should doping always be regarded as cheating, or do today's anti-doping measures go too far? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing on case studies from the early twentieth century to the present day, \u003ci\u003eDoping: A Sporting History \u003c\/i\u003eexplores why the current anti-doping system looks as it does, charting its origins to the founding of the modern Olympic Games. From interwar notions of sporting purity to the postwar stimulant crisis, what seemed an easily resolvable problem soon became an impossible challenge as the pharmacology improved, the policy system stuttered, and Cold War politics allowed doping to flourish. The late twentieth century saw the creation of the World Anti-Doping Agency, but has the intensity of these global measures led to unintended harms? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From the cyclist Tommy Simpson who died in 1967 on Mont Ventoux with amphetamines in his jersey to Team Russia's expulsion from the 2018 Winter Olympics, \u003ci\u003eDoping: A Sporting History\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping, provocative account that ultimately proposes a new approach: one for the inclusion and protection of athletes themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eApril Henning\u003c\/b\u003e is a lecturer in sport studies at the University of Stirling. She is coauthor of \u003ci\u003ePerformance Cultures and Doped Bodies: Challenging Categories, Gender Norms, and Policy Responses\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cb\u003ePaul Dimeo\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor in sport studies at the University of Stirling. His books include \u003ci\u003eA History of Drug Use in Sport, 1876-1976\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Anti-Doping Crisis in Sport\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Reaktion Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50554335756562,"sku":"9781789145274","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f9af64a0-c78d-4861-bf76-100e01ce2e06.jpg?v=1731712616","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/doping-a-sporting-history-9781789145274","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}