Crucible of Conflict: Tamil and Muslim Society on the East Coast of Sri Lanka

by Dennis B. McGilvray

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Crucible of Conflict is an ethnographic and historical study of Hindu castes, matrilineal family structure, popular religious traditions, and ethnic conflict. It is also the first full-length ethnography of Sri Lanka's east coast, an area that suffered heavily in the 2004 tsunami and that is of vital significance to the political future of the island nation. Since the bitter guerrilla war for an independent Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka broke...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0822341611

ISBN13:9780822341611

Release Date:May 2008

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:448 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"

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