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The Past in the Present in Sri Lanka. A Review Article

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 June 2009

Jonathan Spencer
Jonathan Spencer
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University of Edinburgh
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Constructing Identity
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Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , April 1995 , pp. 358 - 367
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Copyright © Society for the Comparative Study of Society and History 1995

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