Sri Lanka A Historical Perspective

Author : Avid Bale
Publisher : Murphy & Moore Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781639875054
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sri Lanka: A Historical Perspective written by Avid Bale and published by Murphy & Moore Publishing. This book was released on 2021-11-16 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, located southwest of the Bay of Bengal and southeast of the Arabian Sea. The documented history of Sri Lanka spans over 3,000 years, with evidence of prehistoric human settlements dating back at least 125,000 years. It has a rich cultural heritage. Sri Lanka's geographical location and deep harbors made it of great strategic importance. The country's trade in luxury goods and spices attracted traders from many countries, paving way for the diverse population of the country. The book aims to shed light on some of the unexplored aspects of the history of Sri Lanka and the recent researches in this field. While understanding the various historical perspectives, it makes an effort in highlighting the country's impact in the trade, politics and culture of the region. This book is a vital tool for all researching and studying this field.

Author : Walter Nubin
Publisher : Nova Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9781590335734
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sri Lanka written by Walter Nubin and published by Nova Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of the development of a small country, which on the one hand, is unique, and on the other hand, is also an interesting reflection and microcosm of the global economy. Sri Lanka's development is one of the contrasts, complicated by social conflicts and ethnic tensions. Social, political, economic and constitutional developments are considered. This is in accordance with the Sri Lankan tradition of seeing the world as a connected whole. The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon) is an island in the Indian Ocean approximately 18 miles off the south-eastern coast of India with a population of about 19 million. Density is highest in the south-west where Colombo, the country's main port and industrial centre, is located. Sri Lanka is ethnically, linguistically, and religiously diverse. Sri Lanka follows a non-aligned foreign policy. It participates in multilateral diplomacy, particularly at the United Nations, where it seeks to promote sovereignty, independence, and development in the developing world.

Author : F. Zackariya
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Communalisation of Muslims in Sri Lanka written by F. Zackariya and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Zoltán Biedermann
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1911307843
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sri Lanka at the Crossroads of History written by Zoltán Biedermann and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The peoples of Sri Lanka have participated in far-flung trading networks, religious formations, and Asian and European empires for millennia. This interdisciplinary volume sets out to draw Sri Lanka into the field of Asian and Global History by showing how the latest wave of scholarship has explored the island as a ‘crossroads’, a place defined by its openness to movement across the Indian Ocean.Experts in the history, archaeology, literature and art of the island from c.500 BCE to c.1850 CE use Lankan material to explore a number of pressing scholarly debates. They address these matters from their varied disciplinary perspectives and diverse array of sources, critically assessing concepts such as ethnicity, cosmopolitanism and localisation, and elucidating the subtle ways in which the foreign may be resisted and embraced at the same time. The individual chapters, and the volume as a whole, are a welcome addition to the history and historiography of Sri Lanka, as well as studies of the Indian Ocean region, kingship, colonialism, imperialism, and early modernity.

Author : Chulanee Attanayake
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9811222053
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Maritime Sri Lanka: Historical And Contemporary Perspectives written by Chulanee Attanayake and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2021-01-18 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being an island nation, the ocean is never too far from Sri Lanka. Situated right at the center of the world's busiest sea lanes of communication, the geography connects the country with the Indian Ocean, and its destiny is linked to this strategic body of water. For centuries, the Indian Ocean has been part of Sri Lanka's strategic, security, and political narratives. However, over the years, the country's involvement in the affairs of the Indian Ocean has retracted due to domestic and regional circumstances. Its consciousness of its ocean identity declined when it took an inward orientation which gave greater visibility to its South Asian identity, and its own imagination began to pivot towards the Indian hinterland. However, with the rising importance of the Indian Ocean in geopolitics, and with the end of the civil war, Sri Lanka's consciousness of its ocean identity has grown. Successive governments have formulated policies that would have paved its way to become the hub of the Indian Ocean, making the ocean the center of its economic development, maritime security, and defense relations. Amidst this backdrop, this book explores historical and contemporary perspectives on Sri Lanka's relations with the Indian Ocean.

Author : Nira Wickramasinghe
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824830168
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sri Lanka in the Modern Age written by Nira Wickramasinghe and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2006-03-31 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the late 1970s civil war has left Sri Lanka in an almost permanent state of crisis; conventional histories of the country by liberal and Marxist scholars in the last two decades have thus tended to focus on the state’s failure to accommodate the needs and demands of the minorities. The entire history of the twentieth century has been tied to this one key issue. Sri Lanka in the Modern Age offers a fresh perspective based on new research. Above all, the author has written a history of the peoples of Sri Lanka rather than a history of the nation-state.

Author : M. L. Marasinghe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Law and Development in Sri Lanka written by M. L. Marasinghe and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rajesh Venugopal
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108428797
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nationalism, Development and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka written by Rajesh Venugopal and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the relationship between the ethnic conflict and economic development in modern Sri Lanka.

Author : David Thenuwara Gamage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 19 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Historical Perspective of the British System of Education in Sri Lanka and Its Impact written by David Thenuwara Gamage and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : V. R. Nanayakkara
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretarial
ISBN 13 : 9780850924886
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forests and Forestry in Sri Lanka written by V. R. Nanayakkara and published by Commonwealth Secretarial. This book was released on 1996 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The report reviews critically the historical development of forest management approaches in Sri Lanka; describes the environmental, social and economic importance of these forests; traces the history, impact and future plans of the forest plantation sub-sector.