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UNINA9910455552103321 |
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Titolo |
Sri Lanka [[electronic resource] ] : history and the roots of conflict / / edited by Jonathan Spencer |
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London [England] ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1990 |
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ISBN |
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988-98015-4-X |
1-280-32213-6 |
9786610322138 |
0-203-40741-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (260 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Sri Lanka History |
Sri Lanka Ethnic relations |
Sri Lanka Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Sri Lanka; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: the power of the past; Part I: Colonialism, history and racism; 2. The generation of communal identities; 3. The people of the lion: the Sinhala identity and ideology in history and historiography; 4. Historical images in the British period; 5. The politics of the Tamil past; Part II: History at a moment of crisis; 6. Nationalist rhetoric and local practice: the fate of the village community in Kukulewa |
7. A compound of many histories: the many pasts of an east coast Tamil community8. Rural awakenings: grassroots development and the cultivation of a national past in rural Sri Lanka; Part III: The politics of the past; 9. J.R.Jayewardene: righteousness and realpolitik; 10. Newspaper nationalism: Sinhala identity as historical discourse; 11. Afterword: scared places, violent spaces; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In the past decade, Sri Lanka has been engulfed by political tragedy as successive governments have failed to settle the grievances of the Tamil minority in a way acceptable to the majority Sinhala population. |
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