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The Invention of Tradition Eric Hobsbawm

The Invention of Tradition By Eric Hobsbawm

The Invention of Tradition by Eric Hobsbawm


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Many of the traditions which we think of as very ancient 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 and addresses the complex interaction of past and present in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism.

The Invention of Tradition Summary

The Invention of Tradition by Eric Hobsbawm

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 rituals in British India and Africa; and the attempts by radical movements to develop counter-traditions of their own. It addresses the complex interaction of past and present, bringing together historians and anthropologists in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history.

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'The most stimulating history book which has come my way this year ...'. History Today

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: inventing traditions Eric Hobsbawm; 2. The invention of tradition: the Highland tradition of Scotland Hugh Trevor Roper; 3. From a death to a view: the hunt for the Welsh past in the Romantic period Prys Morgan; 4. The context, performance and meaning of ritual: the British Monarchy and the Invention of Tradition, c. 1820-1977 David Cannadine; 5. Representing authority of tradition in Victorian India Bernard S. Cohen; 6. The invention of tradition in Colonial Africa Terence Roger; 7. Mass-producing traditions: Europe, 1870-1914 Eric Hobsbawm.

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GOR001357855
9780521437738
0521437733
The Invention of Tradition by Eric Hobsbawm
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Cambridge University Press
1992-07-31
328
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