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Los Juegos : las Olimpiadas en la historia / Conrado Durántez
Edited by EDAF - 2012
It deals with the phenomenon of the Olympic Games of the Modern Age making an exhaustive journey through its history. It offers a first vision of Olympia and the Ancient Olympic Games, to continue with the work of the French humanist, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the symbolism of the Games, history, arts, psychology, sport and its social function. A concise account is given of the Summer Olympics, since Athens 1986 until Beijing 2008, with forecasts for London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016, offering details of each one on socio-political, economic, architectural and especially sporting aspects.