Sri Lanka's Development Since Independence

Sri Lanka's Development Since Independence

Author: W. D. Lakshman

Publisher: Nova Publishers

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9781560727842

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Social, political, economic and constitutional developments are considered as well as the evolution of science and arts in the development process. This is in accordance with the Sri Lankan tradition of seeing the world as a connected whole."--BOOK JACKET.


Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka

Historical Dictionary of Sri Lanka

Author: S. W. R. de A. Samarasinghe

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780810832800

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An introduction to Sri Lanka's geography, people, early history, foreign rule, independence, and modern history is followed by a dictionary covering the people, places, and events that have shaped the country. Includes a detailed chronology, statistical tables, graphs, appendices, and a detailed bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


International Bibliography of Economics

International Bibliography of Economics

Author: Compiled by the British Library of Political and Economic Science

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 676

ISBN-13: 0415326354

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IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.


A History of Sri Lanka

A History of Sri Lanka

Author: K M de Silva

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2005-08-25

Total Pages: 666

ISBN-13: 9351182398

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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.


Current Catalog

Current Catalog

Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

Publisher:

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 1712

ISBN-13:

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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.