by Eric Hobsbawm and Terence Ranger
Sales Rank: 71810
List Price: $19.99 $17.99At Amazon on 10-14-2008
Paperback: 328 pages
Publisher: Cambridge University Press July 31, 1992
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0521437733
ISBN-13: 978-0521437738
Product Dimensions:
8.5 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
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'The most stimulating history book which has come my way this year '. History Today
Product Description
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.
The Invention of Tradition (Canto)
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