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 subsequen
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Roy J. Shephard
An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World
STUDIES IN HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE VOLUME 39
General Editor: STEPHEN GAUKROGER, University of Sydney
Editorial Advisory Board: RACHEL ANKENY, University of Adelaide PETER ANSTEY, University of Otago, New Zealand STEVEN FRENCH, University of Leeds OFER GAL, University of Sydney NICHOLAS RASMUSSEN, University of New South Wales JOHN SCHUSTER, University of NSW/University of Sydney KOEN VERMEIR, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris RICHARD YEO, Griffith University
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Roy J. Shephard
An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World
Roy J. Shephard University of Toronto Brackendale, British Columbia Canada
ISSN 0929-6425 ISBN 978-3-319-11670-9 ISBN 978-3-319-11671-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-11671-6 Springer Cham Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2014957168 © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
What need is there for a systematic history of health and fitness? Certainly, our libraries already contain many excellent
