Some Comments on the Social Backgrounds of the April 1971 Insurgency in Sri Lanka (Ceylon)

1 May 1974

journal article
Published by Duke University Press in Journal of Asian Studies

Vol. 33 (3) , 367-384
https://doi.org/10.2307/2052937

Abstract

Many scholarly articles and some of a polemical nature have been written on the 1971 insurgency in Sri Lanka. Recent studies of this movement (Fernando 1972, Egan 1972, Kearney 1973, Arasaratnam 1972, Warnapala 1972) have helped us to understand some of the underlying political, social and economic causes of the uprising. These articles have dispelled early speculations regarding the social backgrounds of the insurgents, particularly by government apologists and theoreticians from the traditional left parties of Sri Lanka.

Keywords

SOCIAL BACKGROUNDS
INSURGENCY
LANKA
SRI
UPRISING
SPECULATIONS
KEARNEY
THEORETICIANS
PARTIES
WRITTEN

This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:

The April Revolt in Ceylon
Asian Survey, 1972
The Ceylon Insurrection of April 1971: Some Causes and Consequences
Published by JSTOR ,1972