The Invention of Tradition
The Invention of Tradition
ISBN: 9780521437738
出版社: Cambridge University Press
出版年: 1992-7-31
页数: 328
定价: USD 19.99
装帧: Paperback
内容简介
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.
作者简介
20世纪著名左翼历史学家，伦敦大学伯克贝克学院经济与社会史荣誉退休教授。