The Invention of Tradition (Canto Classics) (Canto) (Past and Present Publications)

Eric Hobsbawm (Editor) and Terence Ranger (Editor)

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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 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.
  • ISBN13 9780521437738
  • Publish Date 31 July 1992 (first published 31 March 1983)
  • Publish Status Inactive
  • Out of Print 5 August 2011
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Cambridge University Press
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 328
  • Language English