Class, Patriarchy and Ethnicity on Sri Lankan Plantations: Two Centuries of Power and Protest
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Critical Thinking in South Asian History
Book: Author
Edition
1st. ed.
Publisher
ISBN
9788125058786
Length
xi+348p., Illustrations; 23cm.
Subjects
Offers an empirical labour history of the plantations of Sri Lanka from their inception in the early nineteenth century to almost the present day, with a special focus on plantation workers (who have overwhelmingly been Tamils of Indian origin) and their struggles for economic, social and political rights. Special focus on the links between power and class, gender and ethnic hierarchies both on the plantations and outside. Plantation workers have traditionally ...
