TY - BOOK AU - Tambiah, S. J. TI - Sri Lanka : : ethnic fratricide and the dismantling of democracy SN - 9780226789521 U1 - 305.80095493 PY - 1991/// CY - Chicago PB - University of Chicago Press, KW - Sri Lanka -- Politics and Government N1 - 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 ER -