McGilvray, Dennis B. <br/><br/>
Crucible of conflict :  Tamil and Muslim society on the east coast of Sri Lanka / 
Dennis B. McGilvray. 
 - Durham :  Duke University Press,  2008. 
 - xvi, 425 p. :  ill., maps ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-417) and index. 
<br/><br/>The research setting -- Past and present -- Issues in comparative ethnography -- Views of the Tamil caste hierarchy -- The Tamil high caste alliance -- The Kudi in action -- A profile of the Tamil specialist castes -- The Moors : matrilineal Muslims -- Muslim elites and specialists -- Ethnic identities and communal violence -- Fieldnotes from the war zone. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780822341611 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Tamil (Indic people)--Social conditions.--Sri Lanka--Batticaloa District<br/>Tamil (Indic people)--Social conditions.--Sri Lanka--Amparai District<br/>Caste--Sri Lanka--Batticaloa District.<br/>Caste--Sri Lanka--Amparai District.<br/>Muslims--Sri Lanka--Batticaloa District.<br/>Muslims--Sri Lanka--Amparai District.<br/>Ethnic conflict--Sri Lanka--Batticaloa District.<br/>Ethnic conflict--Sri Lanka--Amparai District.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Batticaloa District (Sri Lanka)--Social conditions.<br/>Amparai District (Sri Lanka)--Social conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.89 McG