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

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Table of Contents

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    Chapter 1 Health and Fitness in Prehistory, Including Inferences from the Current Lifestyle of Indigenous Populations
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    Chapter 2 Examples of Early City Life from Ancient Assyria, Babylon, Egypt, Israel, India and China: Health as a Gift of the Gods
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    Chapter 3 Legacies of the Classical Era: Minoa, Greece and Rome; A Recognition of Material Causes of Poor Health and Fitness
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    Chapter 4 The Middle-Ages: Monasteries, Medical Schools and the Dawn of State Health Care
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    Chapter 5 The Renaissance: The Dawn of Scientific Enquiry into Health and Fitness
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    Chapter 6 The Enlightenment: The Impact of Reason and Religion upon Health and Fitness in a Period of Urban Growth and Industrialization
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    Chapter 7 The Victorian Era: The Birth of Scientific Societies and the Blossoming of Public Health
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    Chapter 8 The Modern Era: Blossoming of the Olympic Movement and the Conquest of Acute Disease
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    Chapter 9 The Post-Modern Era: Chronic Disease and the Onslaught of a Sedentary Lifestyle
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    Chapter 10 Future Directions in Health and Fitness
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Chapter title
The Modern Era: Blossoming of the Olympic Movement and the Conquest of Acute Disease
Chapter number 8
Book title
An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World
Published by
Springer International Publishing, October 2014
DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-11671-6_8
Book ISBNs
978-3-31-911670-9, 978-3-31-911671-6
Authors

Roy J. Shephard

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 9 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 2 22%
Unspecified 1 11%
Unknown 6 67%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Arts and Humanities 1 11%
Unspecified 1 11%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 1 11%
Unknown 6 67%

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