Sri Lanka: Bibliography

See J. C. Holt, ed., The Sri Lanka Reader (2011); L. A. Mills, Ceylon under British Rule, 1795–1932 (1965); N. E. Weerasooria, Ceylon and Her People (4 vol., 1970–71); M. D. Raghavan, Tamil Culture in Ceylon (1971); L. M. Jacob, Sri Lanka: From Dominion to Republic (1973); R. F. Nyrop et al., Sri Lanka (1985); V. Samaraweera, Sri Lanka (1987); C. R. De Silva, Sri Lanka (1991); S. Subramanian, This Divided Island (2016).

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Civil War
• An Independent Nation
• Early History and Colonialism
• Government
• Economy
• Land and People
• Bibliography

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