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Common terms and phrases19th century accumulation acres activities areas arrack farms arrack rents arrack trade Bastian became bourgeoisie British rule Buddhist Burghers capital capitalists caste Central Province Ceylon Ceylon National Congress Charles de Soysa Chettiars Christian cinnamon coconut coffee Colombo Colombo Chetties colonial Coomaraswamy daughter distillers Dutch early economic estates ethnic export Fernando feudal Government Agent Governor goyigama graphite graphite mines Hindu ibid illicit important included India industry investment island Jaffna James Peiris Jayawardena Jeronis Pieris Jeronis Soysa Kalutara Kandy Kandyan karava Korale labour land Legislative Council Lindamullage liquor trade Maha Mudaliyar marriage married Mendis merchant missionaries Moratuwa Mudaliyar Muslim Negombo new-rich Obeyesekere officials owners Panadura Perera period plantation sector planters political produce profits Ramanathan reforms renters retail rubber S.W.R.D. Bandaranaike salagama schools Senanayake Silva Sinhala Sinhalese SLNA social society Sri Lanka Susew Soysa Tamil tavern Vidanalage wealth Western Province women workers Bibliographic information |