Sri Lanka in the Modern Age

Sri Lanka in the Modern Age
Author: Nira Wickramasinghe
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 396
Release: 2006-03-31
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780824830168


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Since the late 1970s civil war has left Sri Lanka in an almost permanent state of crisis; conventional histories of the country by liberal and Marxist scholars in the last two decades have thus tended to focus on the state’s failure to accommodate the needs and demands of the minorities. The entire history of the twentieth century has been tied to this one key issue. Sri Lanka in the Modern Age offers a fresh perspective based on new research. Above all, the author has written a history of the peoples of Sri Lanka rather than a history of the nation-state.


Sri Lanka in the Modern Age
Language: en
Pages: 396
Authors: Nira Wickramasinghe
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-03-31 - Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

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Since the late 1970s civil war has left Sri Lanka in an almost permanent state of crisis; conventional histories of the country by liberal and Marxist scholars
Sri Lanka in the Modern Age
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Authors: Nira Wickramasinghe
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Pages: 204
Authors: Nira Wickramasinghe
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-17 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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For hundreds of years, the island of Sri Lanka was a crucial stopover for people and goods in the Indian Ocean. For the Dutch East India Company, it was also a
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Language: en
Pages: 3
Authors: Alan Strathern
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-12-13 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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