Citizenship and statelessness in Sri Lanka
Subtitle: the case of the Tamil estate workers
By: Valli Kanapathipillai.
Publisher: Anthem Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781843317913
Subjects: Tamil (Indic people) -- Sri Lanka -- Social conditions -- 20th century; Tamil (Indic people) -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 20th century; Plantation workers -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 20th century; Repatriation -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 20th century; Return migration -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 20th century; Citizenship -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 20th century; Statelessness -- Sri Lanka -- History -- 20th century; Sri Lanka -- Relations -- India; India -- Relations -- Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Raising questions; title: Colonialism : the burden of history; title: 1948 : disenfranchisement; title: 1954 : the agreement that failed; title: 1964 : the agreement that "succeeded"; title: 1967 : the start of the implementation; title: 1970-1977 : "Sirima Times" : pressure to leave; title: 1988 : the end of a saga; title: Retrospection; title: Glossary.