The presence of the past : chronicles, politics, and culture in Sinhala life /
Steven Kemper.
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1991.
- xiv, 244 p. ; 24 cm.
- The Wilder House series in politics, history, and culture .
0801423953 (cloth : alkaline paper)
Nationalism--Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka--Civilization. Sri Lanka--Politics and government.