A Sinhala Village in a Time of Trouble: Politics and Change in Rural Sri Lanka - Jonathan D. Spencer - Hardcover

In this illuminating study of a village in southern, central Sri Lanka, Spencer examines how the interrelationship of political, religious, and economic life shapes the community by tracing the village through an election campaign year. He reveals how the village redefined itself in "traditional" terms, while using "modern" politics as an extension of their personal disputes. Undertaken in the years immediately prior to the great escalation of political and religious tensions, this study is of great importance to the understanding of modern Sri Lanka.Spence, Jonathan D. is the author of 'A Sinhala Village in a Time of Trouble: Politics and Change in Rural Sri Lanka - Jonathan D. Spencer - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780195624953 and ISBN 0195624955.