Patrick Peebles
Biographic Data
| ID | 173634 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patrick Peebles |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patrick |
| FAMILY NAME | Peebles |
| SIGNATURE | PEEBLES P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri–Kansas City |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9724-9456 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 74 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Dance and the Nation
The History of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka—an island nation located in the Indian Ocean— has a population of approximately 19 million. Despite its diminuative size, however, Sri Lanka has a long and complex history. The diversity of its people has led to ethnic, religious, and political conflicts that continue to exist. Peebles describes the experiences of the country, from its earliest settlers, to civil war, to its current state, allowing readers to better understand this ofte…
The Plantation Tamils of Ceylon
Aliens and resident strangers a new kind of slave seasonal labourers people of Indian origin an Indian protectorate undomiciled immigrants the non-Ceylonese the stateless
S. J. V. Chelvanayakam and the Crisis of Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism, 1947-1977
S.J. Chelvanayakam was one of the most prominent leaders of the Ceylon Tamils before and after the end of colonial rule, and in the early days of their struggle for political and economic equality. The author, who knew Chelvanayakam intimately, analyzes in this work his career and his symbiotic relationship with the Ceylon Tamils, which led eventually to the emergence and reinforcing of a defensive Ceylon Tamil nationalism. The work is based on p…
Sri Lankan Fishermen
Hierarchy and Egalitarianism
Language, Religion, and Ethnic Assertiveness
Electoral Allegiance in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is one of the few new Commonwealth countries to have had a strong democratic tradition and a vibrant electoral life since Independence. In this book, Dilesh Jayanntha examines the basis for Sri Lankan electoral allegiance since 1947. He challenges the prevalent notion that caste is the basis for electoral allegiance and convincingly argues that the patron-client relationship is its primary determinant. Following an introduction outlinin…
Colonization and Ethnic Conflict in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka
Sri lanka's inability to contain ethnic violence as it escalated from sporadic terrorism to mob violence to civil war in recent years has disheartened observers who had looked to the nation as a success story of social and political development. In retrospect, Sri Lanka lacked effective local institutions to integrate the society, and the Sinhalese elite relied on welfare and preferential policies for the Sinhalese majority to maintain power. The…
The Expedient Utopian
Crime, Justice and Society in Colonial Sri Lanka
Colonization and Ethnic Conflict in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka
Sri lanka's inability to contain ethnic violence as it escalated from sporadic terrorism to mob violence to civil war in recent years has disheartened observers who had looked to the nation as a success story of social and political development. In retrospect, Sri Lanka lacked effective local institutions to integrate the society, and the Sinhalese elite relied on welfare and preferential policies for the Sinhalese majority to maintain power. The…
The History of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka—an island nation located in the Indian Ocean— has a population of approximately 19 million. Despite its diminuative size, however, Sri Lanka has a long and complex history. The diversity of its people has led to ethnic, religious, and political conflicts that continue to exist. Peebles describes the experiences of the country, from its earliest settlers, to civil war, to its current state, allowing readers to better understand this ofte…
Language, Religion, and Ethnic Assertiveness
Crime, Justice and Society in Colonial Sri Lanka
Electoral Allegiance in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is one of the few new Commonwealth countries to have had a strong democratic tradition and a vibrant electoral life since Independence. In this book, Dilesh Jayanntha examines the basis for Sri Lankan electoral allegiance since 1947. He challenges the prevalent notion that caste is the basis for electoral allegiance and convincingly argues that the patron-client relationship is its primary determinant. Following an introduction outlinin…
Crime, Justice and Society in Colonial Sri Lanka
Colonization and Ethnic Conflict in the Dry Zone of Sri Lanka
Sri lanka's inability to contain ethnic violence as it escalated from sporadic terrorism to mob violence to civil war in recent years has disheartened observers who had looked to the nation as a success story of social and political development. In retrospect, Sri Lanka lacked effective local institutions to integrate the society, and the Sinhalese elite relied on welfare and preferential policies for the Sinhalese majority to maintain power. The…
The Expedient Utopian
Language, Religion, and Ethnic Assertiveness
Electoral Allegiance in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is one of the few new Commonwealth countries to have had a strong democratic tradition and a vibrant electoral life since Independence. In this book, Dilesh Jayanntha examines the basis for Sri Lankan electoral allegiance since 1947. He challenges the prevalent notion that caste is the basis for electoral allegiance and convincingly argues that the patron-client relationship is its primary determinant. Following an introduction outlinin…
Hierarchy and Egalitarianism
S. J. V. Chelvanayakam and the Crisis of Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism, 1947-1977
S.J. Chelvanayakam was one of the most prominent leaders of the Ceylon Tamils before and after the end of colonial rule, and in the early days of their struggle for political and economic equality. The author, who knew Chelvanayakam intimately, analyzes in this work his career and his symbiotic relationship with the Ceylon Tamils, which led eventually to the emergence and reinforcing of a defensive Ceylon Tamil nationalism. The work is based on p…
Sri Lankan Fishermen
The Plantation Tamils of Ceylon
Aliens and resident strangers a new kind of slave seasonal labourers people of Indian origin an Indian protectorate undomiciled immigrants the non-Ceylonese the stateless
The History of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka—an island nation located in the Indian Ocean— has a population of approximately 19 million. Despite its diminuative size, however, Sri Lanka has a long and complex history. The diversity of its people has led to ethnic, religious, and political conflicts that continue to exist. Peebles describes the experiences of the country, from its earliest settlers, to civil war, to its current state, allowing readers to better understand this ofte…
Dance and the Nation
Political science (9 works) · Politics (8 works) · Law (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Sri lanka (7 works) · South asia (6 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Ancient history (4 works) · Asian Geopolitics and Ethnography (4 works)