Description |
217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Series |
Transitions--Asia and Asian America |
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Transitions--Asia and Asian America.
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Contents |
Pt. 1. European Expansion: The Construction of Ceylon. 1. A New Perception of the World: Portuguese Indian Ocean Space and Colombo. 2. A System of States and Empires: The British Conquest of Kandy and the Construction of Ceylon. 3. A Single World-Economy and Eurocentric Culture: The Integration of Ceylon into European Economic and Cultural Systems -- Pt. 2. Decolonizing Ceylon: Sri Lankan Reactions to Colonialism and Capitalism. 4. Indigenizing Colonial Spaces: Ceylonese Adaptations to the Colonial System. 5. Nationalizing Space: Nationalist and Socialist Transformations of Sri Lanka. 6. Beyond the Post-colonial: New World Regions and the Restructuring of Sri Lanka in the 1980s -- Conclusions: Society and Space in Sri Lanka |
Summary |
Society and Space traces the historical construction of social space in Sri Lanka. Utilizing a world-systems perspective, landscape interpretation, and theories of colonial architecture and urbanism, Nihal Perera looks at colonized, decolonized, and postcolonial Sri Lanka through the lens of successive spatial transformations. The author reveals the importance of construction, occupation, and the fashioning of territories, urban landscapes, and built forms, pointing out the interconnections and meanings of these spatial aspects as part of changing political, economic, and cultural systems |
Notes |
Later editions published under title: Decolonizing Ceylon: colonialism, nationalism, and the politics of space in Sri Lanka |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Postcolonialism -- Sri Lanka.
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Space (Architecture) -- Social aspects -- Sri Lanka.
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Spatial systems.
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SUBJECT |
Sri Lanka -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117161
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LC no. |
97050122 |
ISBN |
0813329795 |
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