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.