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The Invention of Tradition (Canto)

By Eric Hobsbawm , Terence Ranger

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1992
ISBN
0521437733, 9780521437738
Open Library ID
OL7740777M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
20 MB (20941512 bytes)
Pages
328\324
Topic
History
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-04-09 12:15:56
Исторические дисциплины;История стран Европы и Аме

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.

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