Endless Inequality: The Rights of Plantation Tamils in Sri Lanka

by Yogeswary Vijayapalan

The Plantation Tamils in Sri Lanka who toil in the plantations and make a huge contribution to the economy of the country by their blood and sweat, are the very people who remain the poorest community in the island. They faced numerous problems such as economic deprivation, social neglect and political abuse in the 19th and 20th centuries. Legislative measures soon after Sri Lanka gained independence in 1948 made them stateless and thereafter the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 151538571X
• ISBN13: 9781515385714
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"