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Author:

Kanapathipillai, Valli.

Title:

Citizenship and statelessness in Sri Lanka : the case of the Tamil estate workers / Valli Kanapathipillai.

Publisher:

Anthem Press,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xiv, 225 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Tamil (Indic people)--Sri Lanka--Social conditions--20th century.
Tamil (Indic people)--History--Sri Lanka--History--20th century.
Plantation workers--Sri Lanka--History--20th century.
Repatriation--Sri Lanka--History--20th century.
Return migration--Sri Lanka--History--20th century.
Citizenship--Sri Lanka--History--20th century.
Statelessness--Sri Lanka--History--20th century.
Sri Lanka--Relations--India.
India--Relations--Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Raising questions -- Colonialism : the burden of history -- 1948 : disenfranchisement -- 1954 : the agreement that failed -- 1964 : the agreement that "succeeded" -- 1967 : the start of the implementation -- 1970-1977 : "Sirima Times" : pressure to leave -- 1988 : the end of a saga -- Retrospection.

Series:

Anthem South Asian studies

ISBN:

1843317915 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781843317913 (hbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)320804712

LCCN:

2009026602

Locations:

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)