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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... oflicers wore trews while the common soldiers had their legs and thighs bare. Both oflicers and men wore the plaid, the former as an upper garment, the latter covering the whole body, belted round the waist so that the lower part, below ...
... oflicers wore trews while the common soldiers had their legs and thighs bare. Both oflicers and men wore the plaid, the former as an upper garment, the latter covering the whole body, belted round the waist so that the lower part, below ...
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... oflicers, but its secretary, 'to whose zeal for its success the society seems to have been peculiarly indebted', was John Mackenzie, a lawyer of the Temple who was the 'most intimate and confidential friend', the accomplice, general man ...
... oflicers, but its secretary, 'to whose zeal for its success the society seems to have been peculiarly indebted', was John Mackenzie, a lawyer of the Temple who was the 'most intimate and confidential friend', the accomplice, general man ...
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... oflicers of state, and the regalia of Scotland were drawn from those 'enthusiasts for the philibeg', the members of the. 1' D.N.B., s.v. Stewart, David 1772-1829. *4 Letters of Sir W. Scott, ed. H. C. Grierson (1932-7), vi, pp. 338-43 ...
... oflicers of state, and the regalia of Scotland were drawn from those 'enthusiasts for the philibeg', the members of the. 1' D.N.B., s.v. Stewart, David 1772-1829. *4 Letters of Sir W. Scott, ed. H. C. Grierson (1932-7), vi, pp. 338-43 ...
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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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