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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... century liberalism and more recent ' modernization ' theory that such formalizations are not confined to so-called ... eighteenth century, fifty in 1800-48, but only six from 1848 to 1973. 5 Rudolf Braun, op. cit, pp. 336-7. 'l A. L. ...
... century liberalism and more recent ' modernization ' theory that such formalizations are not confined to so-called ... eighteenth century, fifty in 1800-48, but only six from 1848 to 1973. 5 Rudolf Braun, op. cit, pp. 336-7. 'l A. L. ...
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... century, when the Scots of Ulster landed in Argyll, until the mid-eighteenth century, when it was 'opened up' after the Jacobite revolts, the West of Scotland, cut off by mountains from the East, was always linked rather to Ireland than ...
... century, when the Scots of Ulster landed in Argyll, until the mid-eighteenth century, when it was 'opened up' after the Jacobite revolts, the West of Scotland, cut off by mountains from the East, was always linked rather to Ireland than ...
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... eighteenth century, the Western Islands were still essentially an Irish overflow, and the Gaelic language spoken there was regularly described, in the eighteenth century, as Irish. Being a cultural dependency of Ireland under the ...
... eighteenth century, the Western Islands were still essentially an Irish overflow, and the Gaelic language spoken there was regularly described, in the eighteenth century, as Irish. Being a cultural dependency of Ireland under the ...
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... century (it seems to have come from Flanders and reached the Highlands through the Lowlands), the philibeg — name and thing — is unknown before the eighteenth century. So far from being a traditional Highland dress, it was invented by ...
... century (it seems to have come from Flanders and reached the Highlands through the Lowlands), the philibeg — name and thing — is unknown before the eighteenth century. So far from being a traditional Highland dress, it was invented by ...
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... eighteenth century, in association with other prominent Quaker families-Fords, Crosfields, Backhouses - they controlled ' a wide meshwork of furnaces and forges ' in Lancashire. But their supplies of charcoal had run low and they needed ...
... eighteenth century, in association with other prominent Quaker families-Fords, Crosfields, Backhouses - they controlled ' a wide meshwork of furnaces and forges ' in Lancashire. But their supplies of charcoal had run low and they needed ...
Sommario
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15 | |
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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