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The Plantation Tamils of Ceylon

The Plantation Tamils of Ceylon( )
Author: Peebles, Patrick
Series title:New Historical Perspectives on Migration Ser.
ISBN:978-0-7185-0154-9
Publication Date:Feb 2002
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:Bloomsbury Continuum
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $200.00
Book Description:

In The Plantation Tamils of Ceylon, Patrick Peebles studies and redefines the history of a people over the course of a century (1840 to 1940). The Plantation Tamils, the descendants of people who came from India to grow the plantation crops on which the colonial economy was based, suffered generations of discrimination and political repression before they became citizens in the 1980s. As this work shows, they had become a distinct Sri Lankan community long before this time. Other...
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Pages:264
Detailed Subjects: Social Science / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / Asian Studies
Business & Economics / Economic Conditions
Social Science / Sociology / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.41 x 9.57 x 0.74 Inches
Book Weight:1.3 Pounds



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