DeVotta, Neil. Blowback : linguistic nationalism, institutional decay, and ethnic conflict in Sri Lanka / Neil DeVotta. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2004. - xx, 276 p. : 1 map ; 24 cm. - Contemporary issues in Asia and the Pacific . ISBN: 080474923X (cloth : alk. paper) 0804749248 (pbk. : alk. paper) Subjects--Topical Terms: Ethnic conflict--Sri Lanka.Tamil (Indic people)--Politics and government.--Sri LankaNationalism--Sri Lanka. Subjects--Geographic Terms: Sri Lanka--Politics and government--1978-Sri Lanka--Ethnic relations--Political aspects.Sri Lanka--Languages--Political aspects. Dewey Class. No.: 140 / DEV