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Crucible of conflict : Tamil and Muslim society on the east coast of Sri Lanka

Dennis B. McGilvray (Author)
Examines the caste, marriage patterns, ethnicity and religious institutions in the Tamil-speaking Hindu and Muslim communities situated along the eastern coastline of Sri Lanka, exploring the sources of their ethnic and political hostilities in the modern
eBook, English, 2008
Duke University Press, Durham, 2008
1 online resource (xvi, 425 pages) : illustrations, maps
9780822389187, 0822389185
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The research setting
Past and present
Issues in comparative ethnography
Views of the Tamil caste hierarchy
The Tamil high caste alliance
The Kudi in action
A profile of the Tamil specialist castes
The Moors : matrilineal Muslims
Muslim elites and specialists
Ethnic identities and communal violence
Fieldnotes from the war zone
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
In English