Nobodies to somebodies: The rise of the colonial bourgeoisie in Sri Lanka/ Kumari, Jayawardena
Material type: TextPublication details: London: Zed Books, 2000Edition: 1st edDescription: xxx, 412 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781842772287Subject(s): Middle Class -- Sri Lanka -- History | Sri Lanka -- Social Conditions | Sri Lanka -- Economic ConditionsDDC classification: 330.95493Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Books | Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 330.95493 JAY/N (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P09876 |
Introduction Part 1: Mainly 'Nobodies ' in a Colonial Backwater
1. Trade and Accumulation in the Pre-Plantation Economy
2. The Beginnings of the Bourgeoisie
3. Taking Off Through the Arrack Trade
4. Multi-Caste Class Formation
Part 2: Becoming 'Somebodies'
5. Transition to Plantation Economy
6. Marketing Arrack among Workers and Peasants
7. Profits in the Liquor Trade
8. Merchant Capitalists Spread Their Wings
Part 3: Accumulating Status and Constructing Identity
9. Recasting Caste in Class Society
10. The Sinhala Bourgeoisie of 'Nobodies' and 'Somebodies'
11. The Creation of the Colombo Tamil Bourgeoisie
12. Constructing Muslim Identity
13. Burghers and Eurasians as Modernizers
Part 4: Culture, Religious Revival and Gender
14. Christianization and Cultural Assimilation
15. Religious Revival and the Bourgeoisie
16. The Debut of the Bourgeois Woman
Part 5: Capital and Politics
17. The Politics of Loyalty and Royalty
18. Class and Caste in National Politics
19. Political Capital and Dynasty
20. Conclusion
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