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The Invention of Tradition

Eric J. Hobsbawm

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Many of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented comparatively recently. This book explores examples of this process of invention - the creation of Welsh and Scottish 'national culture'; the elaboration of British royal rituals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the origins of imperial ritual in British India and Africa; and the attempts by radical movements to develop counter-traditions of their own. This book addresses the complex interaction of past and present, bringing together historicans and anthropologists in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which possess new questions for the understanding of our history.

Format:

Pages:: 320 pages

Publication:: 1992

Publisher:

Edition:: Reprint, Canto Ed

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0521437733

ISBN13:: 9780521437738

kindle Asin:: B00E3URF5Q

The Invention of Tradition

Eric J. Hobsbawm

3.95/5 (1092 ratings)

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Many of the traditions which we think of as very ancient in their origins were not in fact sanctioned by long usage over the centuries, but were invented comparatively recently. This book explores examples of this process of invention - the creation of Welsh and Scottish 'national culture'; the elaboration of British royal rituals in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; the origins of imperial ritual in British India and Africa; and the attempts by radical movements to develop counter-traditions of their own. This book addresses the complex interaction of past and present, bringing together historicans and anthropologists in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which possess new questions for the understanding of our history.

Format:

Pages:: 320 pages

Publication:: 1992

Publisher:

Edition:: Reprint, Canto Ed

Language:: eng

ISBN10:: 0521437733

ISBN13:: 9780521437738

kindle Asin:: B00E3URF5Q

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