TY - BOOK AU - Jayawardena,Kumari AU - Kurian,Rachel TI - Class, patriarchy and ethnicity on Sri Lankan plantations: two centuries of power and protest T2 - Critical thinking in South Asian history SN - 9788125058786 U1 - 331.1253372095493 23 PY - 2015/// CY - Hyderabad PB - Orient BlackSwan KW - Tea plantation workers KW - Political activity KW - Sri Lanka KW - History KW - Labor unions KW - Government policy KW - Tamil (Indic people) KW - Employment KW - Ethnicity N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 320-337) and index; Part I. Slavery and the planter raj -- part II. Outsiders challenge the planter raj -- part III. Franchise, national politics and militant unionism -- part IV. Politics of citizenship and ethnicity -- part V. Democratic struggles and social justice in the twenty-first century ER -