Many of the traditions that we think are very old actually quite recent. This book explores examples of the process of the invention, including the creation of 'culture' Welsh and Scottish; the development of the British royal rituals during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the origins of imperial rituals in India and Africa and radical movements trials to develop against their own cultures. The book "plentiful" explains the difficult conflicts of the present and the past in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism ... Read by all third-year students. Nelly >>>>>
