History | About Black July | Survivors | Library | Events | FAQ | Media | Gallery






Further Reading

The following books, journals, and articles are useful in exploring more information about Black July.


Books/Publications/Reports:

Asian Human Rights Commission. "Sri Lanka: Revelations of the former president J.R. Jayawardene's liability for Black July 1983." 17 July 2006.

Chattopadhaya, H.P. Ethnic Unrest in Modern Sri Lanka: An Account of Tamil-Sinhalese Race Relations. New Delhi: M.D. Publications, 1994. pp. 66-73.

DeVotta, Neil. Blowback: Linguistic Nationalism, Institutional Decay, and Ethnic Conflict in Sri Lanka. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2004.

Hoole, R. et al. The Broken Palmyra . Claremont, CA: Sri Lanka Studies Institute, 1990.

Hyndman, Patricia. Sri Lanka: Serendipity under Siege. England: Spokesman, 1988.

Leary, Virginia A. Ethnic Conflict and Violence in Sri Lanka: report of a Mission to Sri Lanka in July-August 1981 on behalf of the Internationa Commission of Jurists; with a Supplement by the ICJ Staff for the Period of 1981-1983 (Geneva 1983).

Sieghart, Paul. Sri Lanka: A Mounting Tragedy of Errors. Report of a Mission to Sri Lanka in January 1984 on behalf of the International Comission of Jurists and Its British Section, Justice. (Dorchester: Henry Ling Ltd., The Dorset Press, March 1984).

Sri Lanka: Racism and the Authoritarian State. Race & Class (a journal of the Institute of Race Relations) : Vol: XXVI; Summer 1984, UK.

  • Committee for Rational Development. "Sri Lanka: myth and realities"
  • Goonetileke, H.A.I. "July 1983 and the national question in Sri Lanka: a bibliographical guide".
  • "Human rights violations in Sri Lanka."
  • Murray, Nancy. "The state against Tamils."
  • Shanmugathasan N. "Sri Lanka : the story of the holocaust".
  • "The Matthew Doctrine."
  • anonymous. "Sri Lanka's week of shame: an eyewitness account."

Tambiah, S. J. Sri Lanka: Ethnic Fracticide and the Dismantling of Democracy , London: I. B. Tauris & Co. Ltd, 1986.

Wilson, A. J. The Break-Up of Sri Lanka. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1988. pp. 170-174.

 

News/Magazine Articles:

B.M.Radhakrishna. "Yankee Dickie’s Dirty Politics." The Week (Kochi), 14-20 August 1983.

Boston Globe , 1 August 1983.

Chaitanya Kalbag. "The Tamil Tragedy". India Today . 31 August 1983, pp. 14-23.

Chaitanya Kalbag. "The Aftermath". India Today . 15 September 1983, pp. 66-76.

David, S.A. "The Welikade Prison Massacres of 1983."

de Silva, Mervyn. "Paradise -- and Hostage to the Past." Far Eastern Economic Review . January 26, 1984, pp. 22-23.

The Economist (London) , 30 July 30 1983.

The Economist (London) , 20 August 1983.

The Economist (London) , 6 August 1983.

The Guardian (London) , 9 August 1983.

Globe and Mail, Toronto , 1 August 1983.

Globe and Mail, Toronto , 8 August 1983.

Firth, Oswald B. "Culture of Silence: Accomplice in Crime." Social Justice .

Harrison, Frances. "Twenty years on - riots that led to war." BBC , 23 July 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3090111.stm

"Indira’s dilemma." Economist . 6 August 1983, p. 26.

The Hindu , 25 August 1983.

International Herald Tribune , 14 August 1983.

"In Gandhi we trust." Economist , 20 August 1983, pp. 34-36.

Jeyaraj, D.B.S. "Another July Passing By." The Sunday Leader . 23 July 2000.

London Daily Express , 29th August 1983.

London Daily Telegraph , 11 July 1983.

London Observer , 7 August 1983.

London Times , 29 July, 1983.

Lonon Times , 30 July 1983.

London Times , 5 August 1983.

London Times , 8 August 1983.

London Times , 9 August 1983.

Montreal Gazette , 30 July 1983

"Sri Lanka puts a torch to its future." Economist . 6 August 1983, pp. 25-26.

S.H. Venkatramani. "Tamil Nadu: Backlash." India Today . 31 August 1983, p. 18.

Tamil Times , January 1982.

The New York Times , 7 August 1983.

The New York Times , 11 September 1983.

"The Wages of Envy." Economist . 20 August 1983, p.35.

Washington Post , 5 August 1983.

Washington Times , 3 August 1983.

The Week , Sunday Special Issue, 21-27 August 1983.

V.S. Jayaschandran. "Lanka Burns." The Week (Kochi) , 14-20 August 1983.

Websites:

Pavey, Eleanor. "Case Study: The massacres in Sri Lanka during the Black July riots of 1983." http://www.massviolence.org/The-Black-July-riots-1983 . 13 May 2008.

Radio Netherlands Worldwide Internet Desk. "Sri Lanka: 25th anniversary of Black July". http://www.radionetherlands.nl/thestatewerein/otherstates/tswi-080718-sri-lanka-tamils . 17 July 2008.

 
- ©2009 Canadian Tamil Congress. All rights reserved.