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Sri Lanka in the Modern Age
Nira Wickramasinghe
其他書名
A History
出版Oxford University Press, 2015-03
主題History / GeneralHistory / Asia / GeneralHistory / Asia / South / General
ISBN01902257939780190225797
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=1sCHCwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Sri Lanka in the Modern Age recounts the modern history of the island in an accessible yet unconventional manner. Where other histories have tended to focus on the state's failure to accommodate the needs and demands of minority communities, Wickramasinghe places their claims alongside the political, social and economic demands of other communities, parties, associations and groups, tracing their lineages to the colonial period. This updated second edition carries the book into the present, covering the brutal end of Sri Lanka's civil war and the making of oppressive stability that has grown in its wake.
Drawing on recent work as well as on her own research in the field, Wickramasinghe has written above all a history of the people of Sri Lanka rather than a history of the nation-state.