Acknowledgements; Glossary; Maps; Introduction; PART I: TEMPTATION ISLAND; Chapter One: Local politics and foreign intrusion; PART II: THE FIRST COLONIAL TRANSITION: LOCAL GROWTH OF COLONIAL INTERESTS; Chapter Two: Colonial politics in Dutch Ceylon till 1780; Chapter Three: Beyond cinnamon: Dutch interior policy 1780-1795; Chapter Four: Inland exploitation: the discovery of the periphery; Chapter Five: Dutch perceptions of the colonial order; Chapter Six: Isolation and disintegration: the Kandyans and the Dutch; PART III: THE SECOND COLONIAL TRANSITION: IMPERIAL DESIGN AND LOCAL PRACTICE
Summary
Presents a study of Dutch and British colonial intervention on Sri Lanka in the period 1780-1815. This book provides a characterisation of the functioning and growth of the colonial state in a period of transition. It focuses on the local reforms in the Dutch administration and policymaking on the island prior to the take-over by the British
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-264) and index
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