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Modern World History: Sri Lanka

Recommended Databases for Imperialism Research

World History: The Modern Era (ABC-CLIO) This link opens in a new window
(1500 CE ~ Present)
World History in Context (Gale) This link opens in a new window
Encyclopedia Britannica This link opens in a new window

Pre-Colonization Reference Resources

Gale World History in Context
Covers economy/trade prior to colonization
Gale World History in Context
Britannica School
See Table of Contents
History -> Subsection "Drift to the Southwest"

Ebooks and Print Books in our Library Collection

Postcolonial Insecurities : India, Sri Lanka, and the Question of Nationhood by Sankaran Krishna
ISBN: 9780816652853
Publication Date: 1999-11-15

Primary Sources

British Documents on the End of Empire: Sri Lanka
Presented by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in association with The Stationary Office and The National Archives

Colonization Reference Resources

Gale World History in Context
See subheading on "Sri Lanka Under Western Rule"
Britannica School
Use Table of Contents to locate sections on Portuguese, Dutch and British in Sri Lanka

Decolonization Reference Resources

ABC CLIO Modern World History
Entry on Sri Lanka
Gale World History in Context
See subheading "Sri Lanka Since Independence"
Britannica School
Use Table of Contents to locate History -> Independent Ceylon and subsequent periods