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The Invention of tradition

This book 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.
Print Book, English, 2012
Folklore
vi, 320 pages ; 22 cm.
9781107604674, 9781107295636, 1107604672, 1107295637
791642962
Introduction : inventing traditions / Eric Hobsbawm
The invention of tradition : the Highland tradition of Scotland / Hugh Trevor-Roper
From a death to a view : the hunt for the Welsh past in the romantic period / Prys Morgan
The context, performance and meaning of ritual : the British monarchy and the 'invention of tradition', c. 1820-1977 / David Cannadine
Representing authority in Victorian India / Bernard S. Cohn
The invention of tradition in colonial Africa / Terence Ranger
Mass-producing traditions : Europe, 1870-1914 / Eric Hobsbawm
Originally published: 1983
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