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- catalog abstract "Society and Space traces the historical construction of social space in Sri Lanka. Utilizing a world-systems perspective, landscape interpretation, and theories of colonial architecture and urbanism, Nihal Perera looks at colonized, decolonized, and postcolonial Sri Lanka through the lens of successive spatial transformations. The author reveals the importance of construction, occupation, and the fashioning of territories, urban landscapes, and built forms, pointing out the interconnections and meanings of these spatial aspects as part of changing political, economic, and cultural systems.".
- catalog contributor b10876453.
- catalog coverage "Sri Lanka Social conditions.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-213) and index.".
- catalog description "Society and Space traces the historical construction of social space in Sri Lanka. Utilizing a world-systems perspective, landscape interpretation, and theories of colonial architecture and urbanism, Nihal Perera looks at colonized, decolonized, and postcolonial Sri Lanka through the lens of successive spatial transformations. The author reveals the importance of construction, occupation, and the fashioning of territories, urban landscapes, and built forms, pointing out the interconnections and meanings of these spatial aspects as part of changing political, economic, and cultural systems.".
- catalog description "pt. 1. European Expansion: The Construction of Ceylon. 1. A New Perception of the World: Portuguese Indian Ocean Space and Colombo. 2. A System of States and Empires: The British Conquest of Kandy and the Construction of Ceylon. 3. A Single World-Economy and Eurocentric Culture: The Integration of Ceylon into European Economic and Cultural Systems -- pt. 2. Decolonizing Ceylon: Sri Lankan Reactions to Colonialism and Capitalism. 4. Indigenizing Colonial Spaces: Ceylonese Adaptations to the Colonial System. 5. Nationalizing Space: Nationalist and Socialist Transformations of Sri Lanka. 6. Beyond the Post-colonial: New World Regions and the Restructuring of Sri Lanka in the 1980s. Conclusions: Society and Space in Sri Lanka.".
- catalog extent "217 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Society and space.".
- catalog identifier "0813329795 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Society and space.".
- catalog isPartOf "Transitions--Asia and Asian America".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press,".
- catalog relation "Society and space.".
- catalog spatial "Sri Lanka Social conditions.".
- catalog spatial "Sri Lanka.".
- catalog subject "306/.095493 21".
- catalog subject "HN670.8.A8 P454 1998".
- catalog subject "Postcolonialism Sri Lanka.".
- catalog subject "Space (Architecture) Social aspects Sri Lanka.".
- catalog subject "Spatial systems.".
- catalog tableOfContents "pt. 1. European Expansion: The Construction of Ceylon. 1. A New Perception of the World: Portuguese Indian Ocean Space and Colombo. 2. A System of States and Empires: The British Conquest of Kandy and the Construction of Ceylon. 3. A Single World-Economy and Eurocentric Culture: The Integration of Ceylon into European Economic and Cultural Systems -- pt. 2. Decolonizing Ceylon: Sri Lankan Reactions to Colonialism and Capitalism. 4. Indigenizing Colonial Spaces: Ceylonese Adaptations to the Colonial System. 5. Nationalizing Space: Nationalist and Socialist Transformations of Sri Lanka. 6. Beyond the Post-colonial: New World Regions and the Restructuring of Sri Lanka in the 1980s. Conclusions: Society and Space in Sri Lanka.".
- catalog title "Society and space : colonialism, nationalism, and postcolonial identity in Sri Lanka / Nihal Perera.".
- catalog type "text".