Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade 2, University of Hannover, course Peripheries in British 19th-Century History Scotland and Ireland, language English, abstract If people around the globe are asked what they associate with Scotland or the Scots, tartan kilts, bagpipes, clans and the Highlands are the most common answers. Especially tourist interest concentrates on these landmarks of Scotland, which are said to be insignias of Scottish tradition, glory and identity, and which dominate the image of Scotland. But are these landmarks really linked to a tradition from times immemorial Do they really represent a link to Scotland's Gaelic roots This paper will investigate this question by introducing Eric Hobsbawm s term of invented tradition to denote and to outline the process of creation of these Scottish symbols. The following portrait of the historical background will show the social, political a