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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... Celtic belted plaid over the Saxon trousers. From this date the triumph of the newly re-defined Highland dress can be said to have begun. This triumph was not entirely unresisted. At least one Scotchman, from the beginning, raised his ...
... Celtic belted plaid over the Saxon trousers. From this date the triumph of the newly re-defined Highland dress can be said to have begun. This triumph was not entirely unresisted. At least one Scotchman, from the beginning, raised his ...
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... Celtic Society of Edinburgh: a society of young civilians whose first object was 'to promote the general use of the ancient Highland dress in the Highlands', and to do so by wearing it themselves in Edinburgh. The president of the ...
... Celtic Society of Edinburgh: a society of young civilians whose first object was 'to promote the general use of the ancient Highland dress in the Highlands', and to do so by wearing it themselves in Edinburgh. The president of the ...
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... Celtic Club, 'dressed in proper costume'. The result was a bizarre travesty of Scottish history, Scottish reality. Imprisoned by his fanatical Celtic friends, carried away by his own romantic Celtic fantasies, Scott seemed determined to ...
... Celtic Club, 'dressed in proper costume'. The result was a bizarre travesty of Scottish history, Scottish reality. Imprisoned by his fanatical Celtic friends, carried away by his own romantic Celtic fantasies, Scott seemed determined to ...
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... Celtic pageant, and at the climax of the visit solemnly invited the assembled dignitaries to drink a toast not to the actual or historic élite but to 'the chieftains and clans of Scotland '. Even Scott's devoted son-in-law and ...
... Celtic pageant, and at the climax of the visit solemnly invited the assembled dignitaries to drink a toast not to the actual or historic élite but to 'the chieftains and clans of Scotland '. Even Scott's devoted son-in-law and ...
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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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African ancient appeared bards became Britain British monarchy Celtic Celts Chewa chiefs clan colonial Commemorative common coronation costume Crown culture defined Druids durbar early Edward Lhuyd Edward VII eighteenth century eisteddfod élite Empire empress England English established European Evans figure find first flag German Gorsedd governor harp Highland dress historians honour House of Windsor Ibid identification Imperial Assemblage Indian industrial influence invented traditions invention of tradition Iolo Morganwg John Jones Jubilee kilt labour Lady Llanover language Lhuyd London Lord Lozi Lytton Macpherson mass middle classes military modern monuments movement Mughal native neo-traditional nineteenth century occasion oflicers oflicial past patriots peasant period political popular Queen Queen Victoria reflected revival Richard Dimbleby royal ceremonial royal ritual rule rulers Scotland Scottish significant Sobieski Stuarts social society specific sport symbol tartan Thomas Thomas Pennant triple harp viceroy Victoria Welsh William wrote