£50.34

Routledge A History of Drug Use in Sport: 1876 - 1976: Beyond Good and Evil

Price data last checked 26 day(s) ago - will refresh soon

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

This is the usual price. Wait for it to drop, or tell us your number.

£50 today · usual range £46–£51 · best ever £46

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 65 days · 65 data points (no recent data)

Historical
Generating forecast…
£50.75 £45.51 £46.66 £47.80 £48.94 £50.08 £51.23 26 April 2026 12 May 2026 28 May 2026 13 June 2026 29 June 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 65 days • 2 price levels

Days at Price
Current Price
11 days 54 days · current 0 14 27 41 54 £46 £51 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £51 (54 days, 83.1%)

Price range: £46 - £51

Price levels: 2 different prices over 65 days

Description

This book offers a new history of drug use in sport. It argues that the idea of taking drugs to enhance performance has not always been the crisis or ‘evil’ we now think it is. Instead, the late nineteenth century was a time of some experimentation and innovation largely unhindered by talk of cheating or health risks. By the interwar period, experiments had been modernised in the new laboratories of exercise physiologists. Still there was very little sense that this was contrary to the ethics or spirit of sport. Sports, drugs and science were closely linked for over half a century. The Second World War provided the impetus for both increased use of drugs and the emergence of an anti-doping response. By the end of the 1950s a new framework of ethics was being imposed on the drugs question that constructed doping in highly emotive terms as an ‘evil’. Alongside this emerged the science and procedural bureaucracy of testing. The years up to 1976 laid the foundations for four decades of anti-doping. This book offers a detailed and critical understanding of who was involved, what they were trying to achieve, why they set about this task and the context in which they worked. By doing so, it reconsiders the classic dichotomy of ‘good anti-doping’ up against ‘evil doping’. Winner of the 2007 Lord Aberdare Literary Prize for the best book in British sports history.

Product Specifications

Format
paperback
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
11 July 2007
Listed Since
08 December 2006

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

A Global History of Doping in Sport: Drugs, Policy, and Politics (Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives)
97% match

A Global History of Doping in Sport: Drugs, Policy, and Politics (Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives)

Routledge

£43.86 30 Jun 2026
Performance–Enhancing Technologies in Sports – Ethical, Conceptual, and Scientific Issues (Bioethics)
97% match

Performance–Enhancing Technologies in Sports – Ethical, Conceptual, and Scientific Issues (Bioethics)

Johns Hopkins University Press

£39.03 16 Jul 2026
Doping and Public Health
97% match

Doping and Public Health

Routledge

£141.05 04 Jul 2026
A Global History of Doping in Sport: Drugs, Policy, and Politics (Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives)
97% match

A Global History of Doping in Sport: Drugs, Policy, and Politics (Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives)

Routledge

£120.00 16 Jul 2026
Emerging Drugs in Sport
97% match

Emerging Drugs in Sport

Springer

£49.99 29 Jun 2026
Routledge - The Anti-Doping Crisis in Sport Book
97% match

Routledge - The Anti-Doping Crisis in Sport Book

Routledge

£147.45 04 Jul 2026
Drugs & Doping in Sports
97% match

Drugs & Doping in Sports

Routledge

£143.99 16 Jul 2026
Drugs & Doping in Sports
97% match

Drugs & Doping in Sports

Routledge

£72.49 02 Jul 2026
Doping and Public Health
97% match

Doping and Public Health

Routledge

£48.44 08 Jul 2026
Doping and Anti-Doping Policy in Sport: Ethical, Legal and Social Perspectives (Ethics and Sport)
97% match

Doping and Anti-Doping Policy in Sport: Ethical, Legal and Social Perspectives (Ethics and Sport)

Routledge

£41.58 02 Jul 2026
Doping in Non-Olympic Sports: Challenging the Legitimacy of WADA? (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)
97% match

Doping in Non-Olympic Sports: Challenging the Legitimacy of WADA? (Routledge Research in Sport, Culture and Society)

Routledge

£147.25 10 Jul 2026
The Sports Doping Market: Understanding Supply and Demand, and the Challenges of Their Control
97% match

The Sports Doping Market: Understanding Supply and Demand, and the Challenges of Their Control

Springer

£76.38 04 Jul 2026
Doping in Sport and the Law
97% match

Doping in Sport and the Law

Bloomsbury

£85.00 26 Jun 2026
Routledge Handbook of Drugs and Sport (Routledge International Handbooks)
97% match

Routledge Handbook of Drugs and Sport (Routledge International Handbooks)

Routledge

£50.91 29 Jun 2026
WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency: A Multi-Level Legitimacy Analysis (Routledge Research in Sport and Corruption)
97% match

WADA, the World Anti-Doping Agency: A Multi-Level Legitimacy Analysis (Routledge Research in Sport and Corruption)

Routledge

£138.01 09 Jul 2026
Doping and Anti-Doping Policy in Sport: Ethical, Legal and Social Perspectives (Ethics and Sport)
97% match

Doping and Anti-Doping Policy in Sport: Ethical, Legal and Social Perspectives (Ethics and Sport)

Routledge

£164.81 16 Jul 2026
Drug Abuse in Sport: Doping (Sports & Athletics Preparation, Performance & Psychology Series) (Sports and Athletics Preparation, Performance, and ... Assessment, Interventions and Treatment)
97% match

Drug Abuse in Sport: Doping (Sports & Athletics Preparation, Performance & Psychology Series) (Sports and Athletics Preparation, Performance, and ... Assessment, Interventions and Treatment)

£116.99 09 Jul 2026
A Guide to the World Anti-Doping Code: The Fight for the Spirit of Sport
97% match

A Guide to the World Anti-Doping Code: The Fight for the Spirit of Sport

Cambridge University Press

£90.86 27 Jun 2026
An Introduction to Drugs in Sport: Addicted to Winning?
97% match

An Introduction to Drugs in Sport: Addicted to Winning?

Routledge

£50.77 08 Jul 2026
Routledge - The Psychology of Doping in Sport Research Book
97% match

Routledge - The Psychology of Doping in Sport Research Book

Routledge

£125.00 15 Jul 2026
Managing Drugs in Sport - Routledge Research in Sport Business
97% match

Managing Drugs in Sport - Routledge Research in Sport Business

Routledge

£131.90 16 Jul 2026
Routledge - Towards a Social Science of Drugs in Sport
97% match

Routledge - Towards a Social Science of Drugs in Sport

Routledge

£136.81 14 Jul 2026
Rethinking Drug Use in Sport - Routledge Research Book
97% match

Rethinking Drug Use in Sport - Routledge Research Book

Routledge

£125.00 15 Jul 2026
Drugs in Sport
96% match

Drugs in Sport

Routledge

£44.99 20 Jun 2026