From Independence to Aragalaya A Modern History of Sri Lanka
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Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
22.10.2026
Verlag
Hurst PublishersSeitenzahl
536
Maße (L/B)
23,4/15,6 cm
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-80526-422-4
In February 1948, following centuries of colonial rule--by the Portuguese, Dutch and British successively--Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) gained its independence. Unlike neighboring India, it did so peacefully; indeed, at the time, many considered it a model for emerging post-independence states, with every prospect of a prosperous and successful future. Yet, within ten years, the island nation was already experiencing its first serious open ethnic tensions, revolving around the relationship between the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamil populations.
Events like the anti-Tamil riots of 1958 both shook the nation and prefigured the wider civil war that erupted in 1983 between government forces and the insurgent Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), led by Velupillai Prabhakaran--a hugely destructive conflict that raged for twenty-six years until the Tigers" final demise in May 2009. Starting from independence and continuing up to the spring 2022 Aragalaya (Uprising)--which eventually toppled wartime Defence Secretary-turned-President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, following hapless economic misgovernment--this book examines major events, recurring themes and underlying trends in Sri Lanka's often fraught, contested history. While the ethnic conflict may be over, Mark Salter suggests, many of the issues that gave rise to it are yet to be fully addressed.Noch keine Bewertungen vorhanden
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