Sri Lanka: History and the Roots of Conflict
by Jonathan Spencer
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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. The new Premadasa presidency faces huge economic and political problems with large sections of the island under the control of the Indian Peace-Keeping Force (IPKF) and militant separatist Tamil groups operating in the north and south.This book is not a conventional political history show more of Sri Lanka. Instead, it attempts to shed fresh light on the historical roots of the ethnic crisis a show lessTags
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Jonathan Spencer is now Professor of the Anthropology of South Asia at the University of Edinburgh.
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- Anthropology, Nonfiction, Politics and Government, History
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- 305.8 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Ethnic and national groups
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- DS489.2 .S74 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Asia History of Asia Sri Lanka Ethnography
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