This paper examines the role played by planters and by slash-and-bum cultivators in the deforestation of the highlands of Sri Lanka, the impact of the phenomenon on hydraulic systems and more especially paddy cultivation, the policies and representations of the colonial power confronting the «planter'sraj», the criticism of the scientists, and the resistance of the peasantry.Cet article examine le rôle respectif des planteurs et des cultivateurs sur brûlis dans le déboisement des régions montagneuses de Sri Lanka, l'impact de ce phénomène sur les équilibres hydrauliques et sur la riziculture en particulier, la politique des autorités coloniales face au pouvoir des planteurs, aux critiques des scientifiques et à la résistance passive de la p...
This paper studies the contradictions of peasant politics in Sri Lanka's dry zone frontier in a high...
Agriculture and fisheries are the mainstay of the rural household economies of Batticaloa district. ...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Cambridge University Pre...
This paper examines the role played by planters and by slash-and-bum cultivators in the deforestatio...
One of the important themes of nineteenth century history as the impact of the industrialised Wester...
Cultivation in the wet zone of Sri Lanka (the Central and South-Western hilly regions) was initially...
Cet article s’appuie sur la notion arendtienne du « politique » pour soutenir que le cadre colonial ...
This paper attempts to provide understanding about the cultural and socio-economic character of the ...
Sri Lanka's interest in land settlement as a development strategy started during the early decades ...
The case of Sri Lanka is of definite comparative and methodological interest in the study of the Gre...
Nous publions ci-dessous le second article inédit d'Eric Meyer sur l'histoire de Sri Lanka à la péri...
This paper attempts to provide understanding about the cultural and socio-economic character of the ...
It has become a firmly established belief among economic and labour historians that Sri Lanka’s plan...
The area referred to as the ‘Central Highlands of Sri Lanka’, despite being the venue of a thin scat...
Focussing on the initial period of British colonial rule in Dharwar, western India, this article use...
This paper studies the contradictions of peasant politics in Sri Lanka's dry zone frontier in a high...
Agriculture and fisheries are the mainstay of the rural household economies of Batticaloa district. ...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Cambridge University Pre...
This paper examines the role played by planters and by slash-and-bum cultivators in the deforestatio...
One of the important themes of nineteenth century history as the impact of the industrialised Wester...
Cultivation in the wet zone of Sri Lanka (the Central and South-Western hilly regions) was initially...
Cet article s’appuie sur la notion arendtienne du « politique » pour soutenir que le cadre colonial ...
This paper attempts to provide understanding about the cultural and socio-economic character of the ...
Sri Lanka's interest in land settlement as a development strategy started during the early decades ...
The case of Sri Lanka is of definite comparative and methodological interest in the study of the Gre...
Nous publions ci-dessous le second article inédit d'Eric Meyer sur l'histoire de Sri Lanka à la péri...
This paper attempts to provide understanding about the cultural and socio-economic character of the ...
It has become a firmly established belief among economic and labour historians that Sri Lanka’s plan...
The area referred to as the ‘Central Highlands of Sri Lanka’, despite being the venue of a thin scat...
Focussing on the initial period of British colonial rule in Dharwar, western India, this article use...
This paper studies the contradictions of peasant politics in Sri Lanka's dry zone frontier in a high...
Agriculture and fisheries are the mainstay of the rural household economies of Batticaloa district. ...
This is the author accepted manuscript. The final version is available from Cambridge University Pre...