Founders of Modern Ceylon (Sri Lanka): pt. 1. The pioneers. pt. 2. The founders
Author : V. Muttu Cumara Swamy
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 26,33 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Sri Lanka
ISBN :
Author : V. Muttu Cumara Swamy
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 26,33 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Sri Lanka
ISBN :
Author : V. Muttu Cumara Swamy
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 50,76 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Sri Lanka
ISBN :
Author : V. Muttukumarasvami
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 45,52 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Sri Lanka
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Author : Vai Muttukkumāracuvāmi
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 11,76 MB
Release : 1973
Category : Sri Lanka
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Author : Nira Wickramasinghe
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 29,51 MB
Release : 2006-03-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9780824830168
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.
Author : L. E. Blaze
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 22,51 MB
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 9788120618411
A classic history of Sri Lanka from the ancient times to the modern. For the lay reader and scholar alike.
Author : Nira Wickramasinghe
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 37,99 MB
Release : 2015-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0190225793
On the ethnic relations and politics in post 1978 Sri Lanka.
Author : Nira Wickramasinghe
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 49,90 MB
Release : 2014-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1782382437
Everyday life in the Crown colony of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) was characterized by a direct encounter of people with modernity through the consumption and use of foreign machines – in particular, the Singer sewing machine, but also the gramophone, tramway, bicycle and varieties of industrial equipment. The ‘metallic modern’ of the 19th and early 20th century Ceylon encompassed multiple worlds of belonging and imagination; and enabled diverse conceptions of time to coexist through encounters with Siam, the United States and Japan as well as a new conception of urban space in Colombo. Metallic Modern describes the modern as it was lived and experienced by non-elite groups – tailors, seamstresses, shopkeepers, workers – and suggests that their idea of the modern was nurtured by a changing material world.
Author : K. M. De Silva
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 43,6 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Sri Lanka
ISBN : 9789558095928
The History Of Sri Lanka From The Earliest Times To The Present 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 Legacies, It Is A Nation Trying To Maintain A Democratic, Pluralistic State Structure While Struggling To Come To Terms With Separatist Aspirations. This Is A Complex Story, And There Is Perhaps No Better Person To Present It In Reasoned, Scholarly Terms Than K.M. De Silva, Sri Lanka S Most Distinguished And Prolific Historian. A History Of Sri Lanka, First Published In 1981, Has Established Itself As The Standard Work On The Subject. This Fully Revised Edition, In Light Of The Most Recent Research, Brings The Story Right Up To The Early Years Of The Twenty-First Century. The Book Provides Comprehensive Coverage Of All Aspects Of Sri Lanka S Development From A Classical Buddhist Society And Irrigation Economy, To Its Emergence As A Tropical Colony Producing Some Of The World S Most Important Cash Crops, Such As Cinnamon, Tea, Rubber And Coconut, And Finally As An Asian Democracy. It Is A Study Of The Political Vicissitudes Of Sri Lanka S Ancient Civilization And The Successive Phases Of Portuguese, Dutch And British Colonial Rule. The Unfortunate Consequences Of Becoming A Centre Of Ethnic Tension And Sri Lanka S Long-Standing Relationship With India Are Also Discussed. Exhaustively Researched And Analytical, This Book Is An Invaluable Reference Source For Students Of Ancient, Colonial And Post-Colonial Societies, Ethnic Conflict And Democratic Transitions, As Well As For All Those Who Simply Want To Get A Feel Of The Rich And Varied Texture Of Sri Lanka S Long History.
Author : Donald Obeyesekere
Publisher : Asian Educational Services
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 36,12 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Sri Lanka
ISBN : 9788120613638
A Classic Authoritative Work On Sri Lankan History.