The Invention of Tradition Tradition. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1992. - vi, 320 p. ; 22 cm.

Canto edition. Originally published: 1983.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- Representiing authority in Victorian India / Bernard S. Cohn -- The invention of tradition in colonial Africa / Terence Ranger -- Mass-producing traditions: Europe, 1870-1914 / Eric Hobsbawm.

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Manners and customs--Origin.
Rites and ceremonies--Origin.
Folklore.