The Invention of TraditionEric Hobsbawm, Terence Ranger Cambridge University Press, 26 mar 2012 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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... John Bull, the lean Yankee Uncle Sam and the 'German Michel'. Nor should we overlook the break in continuity which is sometimes clear even in traditional topoi of genuine antiquity. If we follow Lloyd,6 English Christmas folk carols ...
... John Bull, the lean Yankee Uncle Sam and the 'German Michel'. Nor should we overlook the break in continuity which is sometimes clear even in traditional topoi of genuine antiquity. If we follow Lloyd,6 English Christmas folk carols ...
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... John W. Cole and Eric Wolf, The Hidden Frontier: Ecology and Ethnicity in an Alpine Valley (N.Y. and London, l974), p. 55. 1“ For the popularity of books on this and other militant historical subjects in German workers' libraries, see H ...
... John W. Cole and Eric Wolf, The Hidden Frontier: Ecology and Ethnicity in an Alpine Valley (N.Y. and London, l974), p. 55. 1“ For the popularity of books on this and other militant historical subjects in German workers' libraries, see H ...
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... the Isles', in Jennifer Brown (ed.), Scottish Society in the 15th Century (1977). 2 A Collection of Several Pieces by Mr John Toland (I726), i, pp. 25-9. 3 David Malcolm, Dissertations on the Celtic Languages (1738). 4 16 HUGH TREVOR-ROPER.
... the Isles', in Jennifer Brown (ed.), Scottish Society in the 15th Century (1977). 2 A Collection of Several Pieces by Mr John Toland (I726), i, pp. 25-9. 3 David Malcolm, Dissertations on the Celtic Languages (1738). 4 16 HUGH TREVOR-ROPER.
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... John Macpherson, minister of Sleat in the island of Skye. These two Macphersons, though unrelated, were known to each other — James Macpherson had stayed with the minister on his visit to Skye in search of 'Ossian' in 1760, and the ...
... John Macpherson, minister of Sleat in the island of Skye. These two Macphersons, though unrelated, were known to each other — James Macpherson had stayed with the minister on his visit to Skye in search of 'Ossian' in 1760, and the ...
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... John Major, Historia Maioris Britanniae (l 521); James Leslie, De Moribus et Gestis Scotorum (1570); Lindsay of Pitscottie, Chronicle (1573); G. Buchanan, Rerum Scoticarum Historia (1583); Nicolay d'Arfeville, La Navigation du Roy ...
... John Major, Historia Maioris Britanniae (l 521); James Leslie, De Moribus et Gestis Scotorum (1570); Lindsay of Pitscottie, Chronicle (1573); G. Buchanan, Rerum Scoticarum Historia (1583); Nicolay d'Arfeville, La Navigation du Roy ...
Sommario
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The Hunt for the Welsh Past | 43 |
Representing Authority in Victorian India | 165 |
The Invention of Tradition in Colonial Africa | 211 |
Europe 18701914 | 263 |
Index | 309 |
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