The Invention of Tradition by Prys Morgan, Bernard S. Cohn, Hugh Trevor-Roper, David Cannadine, Terence O. Ranger, Eric J. Hobsbawm

320 pages first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction history sociology informative slow-paced

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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 comparative recently. This book explores examples of this process of invention - the creation...

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