Tambiah, S. J.

Sri Lanka : ethnic fratricide and the dismantling of democracy by S. J. Tambiah. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991. - 138 p.

Table of Contents :
Chapter 1. Backdrop
Chapter 2. The riots of 1983 and their origins : deep tensions and surface features
Chapter 3. The horror story
Chapter 4. Probing below the surface
Chapter 5. From British Raj to Independence : a sketch of the antecedents
Chapter 6. Two social profiles
Chapter 7. Reflections on political violence in our time
Chapter 8. What is to be Done ? a prescription for the future
Chapter 9. Epilogue : biographical interweavings
Index

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