Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction;; 2. The Karava in the past;; 3. Caste among the Sinhalese;; 4. Economic opportunities and social relations, 1500s?1790s;; 5. The British period: the economic advances of a Kardva elite;; 6. Social competition, caste conflict and manifestations of Kardva power;; 7. Casteism in SouthAsian politics during British times: emergent cultural typifications or elite fictions?;; 8. Causal factors in the moulding of Kardva entrepreneurship and the emergence of a Karava elite;; 9. Concluding remarks
