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Kanapathipillai, Valli.

Citizenship and statelessness in Sri Lanka the case of the Tamil estate workers / [electronic resource] : Valli Kanapathipillai. - London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2009. - xiv, 225 p. : ill., maps. - Anthem South Asian studies . - Anthem South Asian studies. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Raising questions -- Colonialism : the burden of history -- 1948 : disenfranchisement -- 1954 : the agreement that failed -- 1964 : the agreement that "succeeded" -- 1967 : the start of the implementation -- 1970-1977 : "Sirima Times" : pressure to leave -- 1988 : the end of a saga -- Retrospection.


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2013.
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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Tamil (Indic people)--Social conditions--Sri Lanka--20th century.
Tamil (Indic people)--Legal status, laws, etc.--History--Sri Lanka--20th century.
Plantation workers--History--Sri Lanka--20th century.
Repatriation--History--Sri Lanka--20th century.
Return migration--History--Sri Lanka--20th century.
Citizenship--History--Sri Lanka--20th century.
Statelessness--History--Sri Lanka--20th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Sri Lanka--Relations--India.
India--Relations--Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

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Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: DS489.25.T3 / K326 2009eb