The Celts are commonly considered to be one of the great peoples of Europe, with continuous racial, cultural and linguistic genealogy from the Iron Age to the modern-day 'Celtic fringe'. This book shows, in contrast, that the Celts, as they have been known and understood over two thousand years, are simply the 'other' of the dominant cultural and political traditions of Europe. It is this continuous 'otherness' which lends them apparent continuity and substance.

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Bradford University Management Centre, UK

Malcolm Chapman

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MALCOLM CHAPMAN

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Book Title: The Celts
Book Subtitle: The Construction of a Myth
Authors: Malcolm Chapman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230378650
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1992
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-52088-8Published: 15 September 1992
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-37865-0Published: 15 September 1992
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 342
Topics: Sociology, general, Social History, Cultural History, Ethnicity Studies

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