Articles by Michael Roberts presented in Edited Books

ITEM presented in reverse chronological order by Sophia Corfield …  a postgrad at Adelaide University when this list was compiled, circa 2012

  1. Sri Lanka: The power of cricket and the power in cricket. In S. Wagg (Ed.), Cricket and National Identity in the Post-Colonial Age: Following On (pp. 132-158). London: Routledge.

  1. Submerging the People? Post-Orientalism and the Construction of Communalism. In G. Berkemer (Ed.), Explorations in South Asian History. Festschrift for Dietmar Rothermund on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday (pp. 311-323). New Delhi: Manohar.

  1. Sinhala-ness and Sinhala nationalism. In G. Gunatilleke & et. al (Eds.), A History of Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka: Recollection, Reinterpretation and Reconciliation (Vol. Marga Monograph Series, No 4.). Colombo: Marga Institute.
  2. Nationalisms Today and Yesterday. In G. P. A. S. d. A. Samarasinghe (Ed.), History and Politics. Millennial Perspectives. Essays in honour of Kingsley de Silva (pp. 23-44). Colombo: Law and Society Trust.

1998. Letters: About Tigers, Bombs and Cricket. In M. Roberts & A. James (Eds.), Crosscurrents. Sri Lanka and Australia at Cricket (pp. 112-123). Sydney: Walla Walla Press and Mobitel.

1998. Controversies: The Sri Lankan Cricket Team’s 1995/96 Tour of Australia. In M. Roberts & A. James (Eds.), Crosscurrents. Sri Lanka and Australia at Cricket (pp. 112-123). Sydney: Walla Walla Press and Mobitel.

1998. An Ethnic Encounter at a Cricket Match, 1981. In M. Roberts & A. James (Eds.), Crosscurrents. Sri Lanka and Australia at Cricket (pp. 95-105). Sydney: Walla Walla Press and Mobitel.

1998. Meanderings amidst Heightened Moments: Editor’s preface to the Second Volume. In M. W. Roberts (Ed.), Sri Lanka. Collective Identities Revisited (Vol. 2, pp. xxviii-xxvii). Colombo:  pp. xxviii-xxvii: Marga Institute.

1998. Fundamentalism in Cricket: Crucifying Muralitheran. In M. Roberts & A. James (Eds.), Crosscurrents. Sri Lanka and Australia at Cricket (pp. 112-123). Sydney: Walla Walla Press and Mobitel.

1998. Cricketing History and Some Nationalist Hues in Ceylon and Sri Lanka. In M. Roberts & A. James (Eds.), Crosscurrents. Sri Lanka and Australia at Cricket (pp. 19-30). Sydney: Walla Walla Press and Mobitel.

1998. Avoiding Lanka: Australia and the World Cup. In M. Roberts & A. James (Eds.), Crosscurrents. Sri Lanka and Australia at Cricket (pp. 112-123). Sydney: Walla Walla Press and Mobitel.

1997. Sri Lanka: Intellectual Currents and Conditions in the Study of Nationalism. In M. Roberts (Ed.), Sri Lanka: Collective Identities Revisited (Vol. 1, pp. 1-54). Colombo: Marga Institute.

1993. Noise as Cultural Struggle: Tom-tom Beating, the British and Communal Disturbances in Sri Lanka, 1880s-1930s. In Veena Das (Ed.), Mirrors of Violence: Communities, Riots, Survivors in South Asia (pp. 240-285). Delhi ; New York: Oxford University Press.

1989. The Political Antecedents of the Revivalist Elite within the MEP Coalition of 1956. In C. R. D. Silva & S. Kiribamune (Eds.), (Vol. K.W. Goonewardena Felicitation Volume, pp. 185-220): Peradeniya University.

1989. The Two Faces of the Port City:  Colombo in Modern Times,. In Frank Broeze (Ed.), Brides of the Ocean:  Port Cities of Asia, 1500 to Modern Times (pp. 173-187). Sydney: Allen and Unwin.

1979. Elite Formations and Elites, 1832-1931 Collective identities, nationalisms and protest in modern Sri Lanka (pp. 153-213). Colombo: Marga Publications.

1979. Nationalism in Economic and Social Thought, 1915–1945 Collective Identities, Nationalisms, and Protest in Modern Sri Lanka (pp. 386-419). Colombo: Marga Publications.

1978. Reformism, Nationalism and Protest in British Ceylon: The Roots and Ingredients of Leadership. In P. Robb & D. Taylor (Eds.), Rule, Protest, Identity, Aspects of Modern South Asia (Vol. Collected Papers on South Asia No. 1, pp. 259-280). London: Centre of South Asian Studies, SOAS.

1979. Problems of Collective Identity in a Multi-ethnic Society: Sectional Nationalism vs Ceylonese Nationalism, 1900–1940. Collective Identities, Nationalisms and Protest in Modern Sri Lanka, edited by M. Roberts. Colombo: Marga Publications, 337-360.

1979. Stimulants and ingredients in the awakening of latter-day nationalisms. Collective identities, nationalisms and protest in modern Sri Lanka, Colombo: Marga Publications, 214-242.

1973. Elites and Elite Formation in Ceylon, c. 1830-1930. In K. M. De. Silva (Ed), History of Ceylon, Vol. III (pp. 263-284). Colombo:  Colombo Apothecaries’ Ltd.

1973. Aspects of Ceylon’s Agrarian Economy in the Nineteenth Century. In K. M. De Silva (Ed.), History of Ceylon, Vol. III (pp. 146-154). Colombo: Colombo Apothecaries’ Ltd.

1973. Land Problems and Policies c. 1832 to c. 1900. In K. M. De Silva (Ed.), History of Ceylon, Vol. III (pp. 119-145). Colombo: Colombo Apothecaries’ Ltd.

1973. Export Agriculture in the Nineteenth Century. In K. M. De Silva (Ed.), The History of Ceylon, Vol. III (pp. 89-106 and 117-118). Colombo: Colombo Apothecaries’ Ltd.

 

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