Everyday life in the Crown colony of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) was characterized by a direct encounter of people with modernity through the consumption and use of foreign machines – in particular, the Singer
The essays in this volume address, in different ways, some of the new international and transnational forces that are shaping the developmental state in Sri Lanka. It highlights the role of the new ci
Sri Lanka in the Modern Age recounts the modern history of the island in an accessible yet unconventional manner. Where other histories have tended to focus on the state's failure to accommodate the n
