The Invention of Tradition

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A fascinating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history. Cover Title Copyright Contents Contributors 1 Introduction: Inventing Traditions 2 The Invention of Tradition: The Highland Tradition of Scotland 3 From a Death to a View: The Hunt for the Welsh Past in the Romantic Period MERRIE WALES AND ITS PASSING THE EISTEDDFOD DRUIDS ANCIENT AND MODERN THE REDISCOVERY OF THE CELTS FROM THE 'GIBBERISH OF TAPHYDOM' TO THE 'LANGUAGE OF HEAVEN' 'LAND OF SONG' DAME WALES THE NEW CAMBRIAN VALHALLA SPIRITS OF THE PLACE -- LANDSCAPE AND MYTH A HERALDRY OF CULTURE A TURNING POINT: ' THE TREASON OF THE BLUE BOOKS' CONCLUSION: THE ELUSIVE QUARRY. THE ENACTMENT OF THE COLONIAL SOCIOLOGY OF INDIA: THE INVITEES TO THE IMPERIAL ASSEMBLAGELOGISTICS AND THE PHYSICAL PLANNING: THE CAMPS, THE AMPHITHEATRE AND DECORATIVE MOTIFS THE AMPHITHEATRE AND PRECEDENCE THE IMPERIAL ASSEMBLAGE CONCLUSION 6 The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa INTRODUCTION EUROPEAN INVENTED TRADITION AND THE AFRICAN EMPIRE BRINGING AFRICANS INTO THE TRADITIONS OF GOVERNANCE NEW TRADITIONS OF MONARCHY IN COLONIAL AFRICA AFRICAN ATTEMPTS TO MAKE USE OF EUROPEAN NEO-TRADITION EUROPEANS AND 'TRADITION' IN AFRICA AFRICAN MANIPULATION OF INVENTED CUSTOM. THE USE OF 'TRADITION' BY ELDERS AGAINST YOUTHTHE USE OF 'TRADITION' BY MEN AGAINST WOMEN THE MANIPULATION OF 'TRADITION' AGAINST SUBJECTS AND IMMIGRANTS CONCLUSION 7 Mass-Producing Traditions: Europe, 1870-1914 I II III IV Index.