Skip to main content
Taylor & Francis Group Logo
Advanced Search

Click here to search books using title name,author name and keywords.

  • Login
  • Hi, User  
    • Your Account
    • Logout
Advanced Search

Click here to search books using title name,author name and keywords.

Breadcrumbs Section. Click here to navigate to respective pages.

Chapter

Introduction

Chapter

Introduction

DOI link for Introduction

Introduction book

Introduction

DOI link for Introduction

Introduction book

ByW.S. Nanayakkara, P.C. Rodrigo
BookTechnological Transformation in the Third World: Volume I

Click here to navigate to parent product.

Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1993
Imprint Routledge
Pages 2
eBook ISBN 9781351110075

ABSTRACT

Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) was ruled by the British as a crown colony from 1802 until it became independent in 1948. Before the British period, the island had been a colonial possession of, successively, the Portuguese and the Dutch for nearly 300 years. During this long period of colonial rule, Ceylon was used as an important centre on the trade routes to India and the Far East. During the British period, a strong commercial dimension was added through the development of plantations, first of coffee and then of tea and rubber.

T&F logoTaylor & Francis Group logo
  • Policies
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Cookie Policy
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms & Conditions
    • Cookie Policy
  • Journals
    • Taylor & Francis Online
    • CogentOA
    • Taylor & Francis Online
    • CogentOA
  • Corporate
    • Taylor & Francis Group
    • Taylor & Francis Group
    • Taylor & Francis Group
    • Taylor & Francis Group
  • Help & Contact
    • Students/Researchers
    • Librarians/Institutions
    • Students/Researchers
    • Librarians/Institutions
  • Connect with us

Connect with us

Registered in England & Wales No. 3099067
5 Howick Place | London | SW1P 1WG © 2021 Informa UK Limited