Transitions: Asia and Asian America All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, in- cluding photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Copyright © 1998 by Westview Press, A Division of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. Published in 1998 in the United States of America by Westview Press, 5500 Central Avenue, Boulder, Colorado 80301-2877, and in the United Kingdom by Westview Press, 12 Hid's Copse Road, Cumnor Hill, Oxford OX2 9JJ Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Perera, Nihal. Society and space: colonialism, nationalism, and postcolonial identity in Sri Lanka / Nihal Perera. p. cm. -- (Transitions -- Asia and Asian America) Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index. ISBN 0-8133-2979-5 1. Sri Lanka -- Social conditions. 2. Space (Architecture) -- Social aspects -- Sri Lanka. 3. Spatial systems. 4. Postcolonialism -- Sri Lanka. I. Title. II. Series. HN670.8.A8P454 1998 306'.095493 -- dc21 97-50122 CIP The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Stan- dard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.48-1984. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 -vi- |