An illustrated history of health and fitness, from pre-history to our post-modern world. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Roy J. Shephard.
• Authors: Shephard, Roy J
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 613; History; Physical education and training -- History; GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports; SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects; SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays; SPORTS & RECREATION -- History; SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference; TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports; Physical education and training; Medical -- History; Sports & Recreation -- General; Medical -- Preventive Medicine; Medical -- Sports Medicine; History of medicine; Sports & outdoor recreation; Public health & preventive medicine; Sports injuries & medicine; Medicine; Sports medicine; Science -- History; History of science; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319116716; 3319116711; 3319116703; 9783319116709
• Related ISBNs: 9783319116709
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 17, 2015).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.