Acknowledgements

Preface

Abbreviations

1. An Overview
2. Ethnic Identities and Politics Before Independence
3. From Linguistic Parity to Sinhala-Only
4. The Official Language Act of 1956
5. Institutional Decay: The Consequences of the Official Language Act, 1956-77
6. From Linguistic Nationalism to Civil War
7. The Liberational Tigers of Tamil Eelam and Ethnic Conflict
8. Conclusion

Appendixes

Notes

Reference

Index