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Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka

Patrick Peebles - History - 2015 - 494 pages
The Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced ...
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Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka

S. W. R. de A. Samarasinghe, Vidyamali Samarasinghe - History - 1998 - 276 pages
An introduction to Sri Lanka's geography, people, early history, foreign rule, independence, and modern history is followed by a dictionary covering the people, places, and ...
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The Plantation Tamils of Ceylon

Patrick Peebles - History - 2001 - 272 pages
Includes statistics.
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Sri Lanka in the Modern Age: A History of Contested Identities

Nira Wickramasinghe - History - 2006 - 396 pages
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 ...
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A History of Sri Lanka

K M de Silva - Political Science - 2005 - 800 pages
Sri Lanka is an ancient civilization, shaped and thrust into the modern globalizing world by its colonial experience. With its own unique problems, many of them historical ...
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Citizenship and Statelessness in Sri Lanka: The Case of the Tamil Estate Workers

Valli Kanapathipillai - History - 2009 - 244 pages
‘Citizenship and Statelessness in Sri Lanka’ analyses the context of the agreement between the Sri Lankan and Indian government that led to the loss of citizenship of Indian ...
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Voices of South Asia: Essential Readings from Antiquity to the Present

Patrick Peebles - India - 2012 - 208 pages
An ideal supplement for any course treating the history or culture of South Asia, this collection offers a cross-section of South Asia's ancient and modern classics of thought ...
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Sri Lanka: Current Issues and Historical Background

Walter Nubin - History - 2002 - 236 pages
This book provides an overview of the development of a small country, which on the one hand, is unique, and on the other hand, is also an interesting reflection and microcosm ...
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