TY - BOOK AU - Kemper,Steven TI - The presence of the past: chronicles, politics, and culture in Sinhala life SN - 0801423953 (cloth : alkaline paper) U1 - 090 PY - 1991/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Nationalism KW - Sri Lanka KW - Civilization KW - Politics and government ER -