People Inbetween: The Burghers and the middle class in the transformations within Sri Lanka, 1790s-1960s

Alwis Anglo-Ceylonese Anglophilia Anthonisz appear Bawa became British Ceylon British rule Buddhist Burgher notables Burgher population C.A. Lorenz census centre Ceylonese Ceylonese middle class chapter Chetty Christian Club Colombo Academy Colombo Chetty colour creole cricket cultural decades Digby distinction Drieberg Dutch Burgher Dutch Ceylon early twentieth century eighteenth century elite emerging emphasis epithets ethnic Eurasians European descendants Fernando Frederick Galle Gooneratne Goyigama Gratiaen half caste Hollandsche Indian indigenous Item Jaffna James JDBU John Kandy Kandyan kärapottā labouring language lánsi late nineteenth letter Low-Country Sinhalese males manner marriages married Mestizo mid nineteenth century middle class Morgan Mudaliyar nationalism nationalist native non-Burgher officers párángi Pettah Pieris Piyadasa plantation political Portuguese Burghers Portuguese Ceylon proctor race reference residents Saram significant Silva Sinhala Buddhist Sinhala language Sinhalese Sirisena social society Soysa Sri Lanka Tamil term Tupass tuppáhi urban Western women Young Ceylon circle