Collective Identities, Nationalisms and Protest in Modern Sri Lanka

First edition, first printing. xxii, 574pp, illustrated with maps, tables etc, and one fold-out chart. Quarter-bound in red cloth over red paper-covered boards. 8vo. Boards worn and faded, rubbed all round edges, rounding at corners and spine ends, some shelf wear. Front free endpaper paper absent. Ex library stamps and annotations on title page, copyright page and rear free endpaper. A few pages dog-eared at corners, and a few signs of use but generally internally clean and tight. A collection of essays on ethnic tensions and challenges in Sri Lanka, most originally penned the mid 1970s, in a period before the Tiger Liberation became prominent. Essay titles include: Economic Nationalism, Indigenis, and Share in the Pot of Rice; Nationalism in Economic and Social Thought, 1915-45; Race, Religion, Language and Caste in Subnationalisms of Sri Lanka; Nationalism in Sri Lanka and the Tamils; The Muslim Revivalist Movement, 1880-1915; Resistance Movements in 19th Century Sri Lanka etc. Very hard to find title.