An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World

• Main Author: Shephard, Roy J. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science, 39
• Subjects: History.; Health promotion.; Sports medicine.; Medicine > History.; Sports sciences.; History of Science.; History of Medicine.; Sport Science.; Health Promotion and Disease Prevention.; Sports Medicine.

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.”...