Sinhalese and Tamil nationalism as post-colonial political projects from 'above', 1948-1983

Political Geography

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 83-113

  Stokke, Kristian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

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EID: 0012893786     PISSN: 09626298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0962-6298(96)00070-4     Document Type: Article

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