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Sri Lanka : history and the roots of conflict /
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 section...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
London [England] ; New York :
Routledge,
1990.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xii, 253 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0203407415 9780203407417 9780415044615 0415044618 |