The Invention of Tradition
Contributors: Eric Hobsbawm (Editor); Terence Ranger (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780521437738
Copyright date: 1983
Subjects: Anthropology; World history; Rites and ceremonies; History; World - General; Cultural And Social Anthropology; Social Institutions; Archaeology / Anthropology; Reference; History: World; Origin; Anthropology - Cultural; Customs & Traditions; History / World; Sociology; Folklore; Manners and customs
First sentence: Nothing appears more ancient, and linked to an immemorial past, than the pageantry which surrounds British monarchy in its public ceremonial manifestations.