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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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America on Foot: Walking and Pedestrianism in the 20th Century

America on Foot: Walking and Pedestrianism in the 20th Century

Segrave, Kerry

Paperback

Sports General20th Century United States HistoryGeneral World History

ISBN10: 0786425598
ISBN13: 9780786425594
Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc
Published: Mar 15 2006
Pages: 219
Weight: 0.67
Height: 0.49 Width: 6.08 Depth: 9.02
Language: English

Hippocrates, one of history's earliest known physicians, once asserted, Walking is man's best medicine. Over the last three centuries, people have endorsed walking for a variety of reasons--health among them. Before the 1700s, people walked as an essential part of their lifestyle. With the coming of the transportation revolution--and the advent of such conveyances as horse-drawn coaches, railways and automobiles--walking became something that was done increasingly out of choice rather than necessity. England's fashionable society engaged in afternoon promenades as a stylish fad. While America's vast distances and sparse settlements made this activity impractical, Americans nevertheless took to walking in other ways, including engaging in long distance walking competitions complete with spectators and prize money. Thus, for most of the twentieth century, the activity of walking was much more than a means of transportation.

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