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Beyond Anderson: Reconstructing and Deconstructing Sinhala Nationalist DiscourseThe Presence of the Past. Chronicles, Politics, and Culture in Sinhala Life. By Steven Kemper. Cornell University Press: Ithaca and London; 1991. Pp. xiv, 244.

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Michael Roberts
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Modern Asian Studies , Volume 30 , Issue 3 , July 1996 , pp. 690 - 698
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