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Sri Lanka - REFERENCE
Sri Lanka - Bibliography
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Arasaratnam, Sinnappah. Ceylon. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey:
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de Silva, Chandra Richard. Sri Lanka: A History. New Delhi: Vikas,
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Hart, Judith. Sri Lanka: An Island in Crisis. London: International
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Jeffries, Charles. Ceylon: The Path to Independence. New York: Praeger,
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Manor, James (ed.). Sri Lanka: In Change and Crisis. New York: St.
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Wilber, Donald N. The Land and the People of Ceylon. (rev. ed.)
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Winnius, George Davison. The Fatal History of Portuguese Ceylon: Transition
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