It takes the average reader 18 hours and 27 minutes to read An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World by Roy J. Shephard
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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.” It focuses on the health impacts of a growing understanding of medicine and physiology, and the emergence of a middle-class with the time and money to choose between active and passive leisure pursuits. The book reflects on urbanization and industrialization in relation to the need for public...
An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World by Roy J. Shephard is 1,077 pages long, and a total of 276,789 words.
This makes it 363% the length of the average book. It also has 338% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 25 hours and 12 minutes to read An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World aloud.
An Illustrated History of Health and Fitness, from Pre-History to our Post-Modern World is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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