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Other authors / contributors: | Spencer, Jonathan, 1954-
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ISBN: | 0203407415 9780203407417 9780415044615 0415044618
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Digital file characteristics: | data file
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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Summary: | 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 of Sri Lanka. Instead, it attempts to shed fresh light on the historical roots of the ethnic crisis a.
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Other form: | Print version: Sri Lanka. London [England] ; New York : Routledge, 1990 0415044618
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Standard no.: | ebc170362
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