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The Sinhala village in a time of trouble : politics and change in rural Sri Lanka

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c1999, 2000.Description: xxi, 285 pISBN:
  • 0195650808
  • 9780195650808
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.9 SPE
Summary: In this illuminating study of a village in southern, central Sri Lanka, Spencer examines how the interrelationship of political, religious, and economic life shapes the community by tracing the village through an election campaign year. He reveals how the village redefined itself in "traditional" terms, while using "modern" politics as an extension of their personal disputes. Undertaken in the years immediately prior to the great escalation of political and religious tensions, this study is of great importance to the understanding of modern Sri Lanka.
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Reference Books Reference Books Main Library Reference Reference 320.9 SPE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 011056
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Originally published: 1990.

Included Bibliography, Index.

In this illuminating study of a village in southern, central Sri Lanka, Spencer examines how the interrelationship of political, religious, and economic life shapes the community by tracing the village through an election campaign year. He reveals how the village redefined itself in "traditional" terms, while using "modern" politics as an extension of their personal disputes. Undertaken in the years immediately prior to the great escalation of political and religious tensions, this study is of great importance to the understanding of modern Sri Lanka.

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