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Sri Lanka : the arrogance of power : myths, decadence & murder / by Rajan Hoole.
Van Pelt Library DS489.84 .H66 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hoole, Rajan.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sri Lanka--Politics and government--1978-.
- Sri Lanka.
- Politics and government.
- Genre:
- Festschriften.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 504 pages: illustrations ; 28 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Other Title:
- Myths, decadence & murder
- Place of Publication:
- Colombo : University Teachers for Human Rights (Jaffna), 2001.
- Summary:
- Covers mainly events of the post-1948 political scene in Sri Lanka.
- Notes:
- "Commemoration volume for Dr. Rajani Thiranagama, 23rd February 1954-21st September 1989, founder member of the UTHR(J), who bequeathed to human rights activism a vision and direction to protect human dignity amidst terror & counter-terror & the golden jubilee of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (10th December 1948) which, by providing a universally binding legal foundation for the elimination of oppression, has been a beacon to people in despair."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [487]-[488]) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9559447041
- OCLC:
- 48618091
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