An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World
This book examines the health/fitness interaction in an historical context. Beginning in primitive hunter-gatherer communities, where survival required adequate physical activity, it goes on to consider changes in health and physical activity at subsequent stages in the evolution of “civilization.”...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2015, 2015
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2015 |
| Series: | Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1: Health and Fitness in Prehistory, Including Inferences from the Current Lifestyle of Indigenous Populations
- Chapter 2: Examples of Early City Life from Ancient Assyria, Babylon, Egypt, Israel, India and China: Health as a Gift of the Gods
- Chapter 3: Legacies of the Classical Era: Minoa, Greece and Rome; a Recognition of Material Causes of Poor Health and Fitness
- Chapter 4: The Middle Ages: Monasteries, Medical Schools and the Dawn of State Health Care
- Chapter 5: The Renaissance: The Dawn of Scientific Enquiry into Health and Fitness
- Chapter 6: The Enlightenment: The Impact of Reason and Religion upon Health and Fitness in a Period of Urban Growth and Industrialization
- Chapter 7: The Victorian Era: The Birth of Scientific Societies and Blossoming of Public Health
- Chapter 8: The Modern Era: Blossoming of the Olympic Movement and the Conquest of Acute Disease
- Chapter 9: The Post-Modern Era: Chronic Disease and the Onslaught upon a Sedentary Lifestyle
- Chapter 10: Future Directions in Health and Fitness