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Author Kanapathipillai, Valli

Title Citizenship and statelessness in Sri Lanka : the case of the Tamil estate workers / Valli Kanapathipillai
Published London ; New York : Anthem Press, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 225 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Anthem South Asian studies
Anthem South Asian studies.
Contents 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
Summary 'Citizenship and Statelessness in Sri Lanka' analyses the context of the agreement between the Sri Lankan and Indian government that led to the loss of citizenship of Indian Tamil estate workers in Sri Lanka
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject 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
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia.
Citizenship
Ethnic relations
International relations
Plantation workers
Repatriation
Return migration
Statelessness
Tamil (Indic people) -- Social conditions
Landarbeiter
Staatsangehörigkeit
SUBJECT Sri Lanka -- Relations -- India
India -- Relations -- Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka -- Ethnic relations -- History -- 20th century
Subject India
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Inder.
Tamilen.
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781843318071
1843318075