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Sri Lanka in the modern age : a history of contested identities
- Title
- Sri Lanka in the modern age : a history of contested identities / Nira Wickramasinghe.
- Author
- Wickramasinghe, Nira.
- Publication
- London : C. Hurst & Co. ; New Delhi : Distributed in South Asia by Foundation Books, ©2006.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | DS489.5 .W52 2006 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxiv, 360 pages : maps; 22 cm
- Summary
- On the ethnic relations and politics in post 1978 Sri Lanka.
- Subject
- Since 1978
- Tamil (Indic people) > Sri Lanka > Ethnic identity
- Sinhalese (Sri Lankan people) > Ethnic identity
- 15.75 history of Asia
- Ethnic relations > Political aspects
- Politics and government
- Tamil (Indic people) > Ethnic identity
- Political situation
- Political history
- Sri Lanka
- Politics
- History
- Sri Lanka > Ethnic relations > Political aspects
- Sri Lanka > Politics and government > 1978-
- Sri lanka
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-351) and index.
- Contents
- Pt. I. Pre-independence years : changing lives -- 1. Colonial encounters -- 2. Colonialism and constructed identities -- 3. National framings : authentic bodies and things -- 4. Before independence : communities and conflicts -- Pt. II. The post-independence years : political cultures -- 5. Citizens, communities, rights, constitutions, 1947-2000 -- 6. The search for equality : the left movement and insurrections -- 7. The search for sovereignty : Tamil separation/nationalism -- 8. Sri Lanka : the welfare state and beyond
- ISBN
- 1850657599
- 9781850657590
- 1850658072
- 9781850658078
- LCCN
- 2006348253
- OCLC
- ocm57355120
- 57355120
- SCSB-14496212
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library