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The Invention of Tradition

Categorie	Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer	#390957-ZF6
Titel	The Invention of Tradition
Auteur	Hobsbawm, Eric & Terence Ranger
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Cambridge University Press
Jaar van uitgave	1992
ISBN10	0521437733
ISBN13	9780521437738
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting	This book explores examples of this process of invention and addresses the complex interaction of past and present in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism. 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 fasc... (Lees verder)inating study of ritual and symbolism which poses new questions for the understanding of our history.
Pagina's	322
Conditie	Goed — Creases in spine; name and year on title page.
Prijs	€ 8,00

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