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 From Coffee to Tea Cultivation in Ceylon, 1880-1900: An Economic and Social History

Contents

• • Preliminary Materials (i-xxii)   (182K)
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    • Contents
    • List Of Maps
    • List Of Tables
    • List Of Figures
    • Acknowledgements
    • Measures
    • Abbreviations
  • Introduction (1-10)   (114K)
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    • 1.1 From Coffee To Tea
    • 1.2 Structure Of The Book
    • 1.3 State Of Research
    • 1.4 Period Of Observation
  • Geography (11-18)   (1M)
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    • 2.1 Geographical Features Of Ceylon
  • History (19-32)   (154K)
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    • 3.1 Pre-History And The Aryan And Dravidian Colonisations
    • 3.2 The Anuradhapura Period
    • 3.3 The Pollonaruwa Period
    • 3.4 The Shift Of Sinhalese Capitals And The Tamil Kingdom Of Jaffna
    • 3.5 The Portuguese In Ceylon
    • 3.6 The Dutch Period
    • 3.7 The British Take-Over And The Conquest Of Kandy
    • 3.8 Reforms And Economic Development
  • Demography (33-52)   (600K)
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    • 4.1 Colonial Population Censuses In Ceylon
    • 4.2 The Growth Of The Population, 1881–1901
    • 4.3 Ethnic Composition Of The Population, 1881–1901
    • 4.4 Religious Composition Of The Population, 1881–1901
  • Export Economy (53-102)   (871K)
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    • 5.1 The Rise Of ‘King Coffee’
    • 5.2 Depression And Recovery
    • 5.3 Monoculture, The Coffee Leaf Disease And The Period Of Transition
    • 5.4 The Depression Of The Early 1880s
    • 5.5 The Transition To Tea
    • 5.6 Tea And The Sinhalese
    • 5.7 The Evolution Of Coconut Plantations
    • 5.8 Diversification: The Emergence Of Rubber Plantations
    • 5.9 Transition—Consolidation—Diversification
  • Resources (103-134)   (1M)
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    • 6.1 The Factors Of Production
    • 6.2 Land
    • 6.3 Labour
    • 6.4 Capital
    • 6.5 Infrastructure
  • Subsistence (135-164)   (222K)
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    • 7.1 A Subsistence Economy
    • 7.2 Wet Rice Cultivation
    • 7.3 Wet Rice Irrigation
    • 7.4 The Paddy Tax And Its Impact On The Peasantry
    • 7.5 Chena Cultivation
  • Administration (165-200)   (1M)
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    • 8.1 Administrative Units
    • 8.2 The Ceylon Civil Service
    • 8.3 The Governor And The Government Agents
    • 8.4 The Legislative Council
    • 8.5 The Departments
    • 8.6 The Headmen System
  • Education (201-220)   (148K)
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    • 9.1 British Educational Policy, 1796–1867
    • 9.2 The Morgan Committee And The Department Of Public Instruction
    • 9.3 Education, 1880–1900
    • 9.3 Education, 1880–1900
  • New Elites (221-242)   (171K)
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    • 10.1 Elite Status And Social Stratification
    • 10.2 National Elites—The Mudaliyars
    • 10.3 National Elites—The Nouveaux Riches
    • 10.4 Local Elites—Headmen And Moneylenders
    • 10.5 Non-Elites—The Peasantry And The Labourers
  • Immigrants (243-270)   (390K)
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    • 11.1 Social Background Of The Immigrants
    • 11.2 Recruitment, Coast Advances, Tundus And The Kanganies
    • 11.3 En Route To The Plantations
    • 11.4 Rice, Balance Wages And Indebtedness
    • 11.5 Medical Aid Schemes
  • Revivals (271-296)   (178K)
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    • 12.1 Christian Missionary Activity And Buddhist Response
    • 12.2 The Buddhist Revival: Theosophist Organisation
    • 12.3 The Buddhist Revival: Central Issues
    • 12.4 The Hindu Revival
    • 12.5 The Muslim Revival
  • Conclusion (297-318)   (154K)
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    • 13.1 Export Economy And Monoculture
    • 13.2 The Transformation Of The Factors Of Production
    • 13.3 Peasant Agriculture
    • 13.4 “Deconstructing The Dualistic Model”
    • 13.5 Administration And Education
    • 13.6 New Elites And Immigrant Labourers
  • Bibliography (319-326)   (127K)
  • Index (327-338)   (147K)