Author: Robinson, Marguerite S.
Title: Political Structure in a Changing Sinhalese Village
Description: Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, (1975). orig.boards. 22x14cm, xvi,376 pp, Library card-pocket & rubberstamps to front fixed flyleaf. Embossed stamp to title-page. Rubberstamps to to. Textual maps & tables.. Minor rubbing. Spine classification label. Spine bump. Good. ¶ Contents: The Village of Morapitiya: An Introduction to Morapitiya; Traditional Political Structure: Leaders Without Groups; Morapitiyan Disputes; The Rules of the Game: 1963; The Political System in Transition: 1963: Introduction of the New Order; 1967: Failure of the New & Collapse of the Old; The Emergence of P-2; The Morapitiyan Colonists: Of Ants & Fire; Conclusions; Epilogue, 1972.

Keywords: Political Anthropology, Sri Lanka, Sinhalese, Social, Politics, Rural Sociology, Morapitiya, History Ethnography, South Asia