Peebles, Patrick. <br/><br/>
The history of Sri Lanka / 
Patrick Peebles. 
 - Westport, Conn. :  Greenwood Press,  2006. 
 - xxvi, 216 p. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> Timeline of historical events --   The settings --   Ancient civilization to 1200 --   Abandonment of the dry zone and the Kandyan kingdom --   Portuguese, Dutch, and British colonialism --   A colonial society --   A plantation economy --   Sinhalese and Tamil nationalism --   The coming of independence --   Triumph of Sinhalese nationalism --   Authoritarianism and ethnic conflict --   Economic liberalization and the quality of life --   Civil War --   Searching for peace --   Notable people in the history of Sri Lanka --   Sri Lankan sovereigns, Dutch and British governors, prime ministers, and presidents.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7.  8.  9.  10.  11.  12.  13.  App. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0313332053 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Sri Lanka--History.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>954.93  / PEE/H