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Author Perera, Nihal.

Title Society and space : colonialism, nationalism and postcolonial identity in Sri Lanka / Nihal Perera
Published Boulder, Colo. ; Oxford : Westview Press, 1998

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Description 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Series Transitions--Asia and Asian America
Transitions--Asia and Asian America.
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.
Space (Architecture) -- Social aspects -- Sri Lanka.
Spatial systems.
SUBJECT Sri Lanka -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117161
LC no. 97050122
ISBN 0813329795
Other Titles Decolonizing Ceylon : colonialism, nationalism, and the politics of space in Sri Lanka