{"id":303,"date":"2016-01-05T03:11:14","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T19:11:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudnix10.netinfiniti.net\/portcitiesasia\/?page_id=303"},"modified":"2016-01-05T03:11:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T19:11:14","slug":"colombos-sources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/colombos-sources\/","title":{"rendered":"Sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many interesting works on Colombo as a port city. Here are some of the most notable works:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>K Dharmasena, &#8220;Colombo: gateway and oceanic hub of shipping&#8221; (<em>Brides of the Sea<\/em> compilation)\u2014based on the port being the most important aspect of any port city<\/li>\n<li>Michael Roberts, \u201cThe two faces of the port city: Colombo in modern times\u201d (Also in the <em>Brides of the Sea<\/em> compilation)<\/li>\n<li>Roads Murphy, &#8220;Colombo and the re-making of Ceylon: a Prototype of the colonial asian port cities&#8221; in\u00a0<em>Gateways of Asia.<\/em><br \/>\nBook Chapter: Ceylon and the Dutch, 1600-1800: External Influences and Internal Change in Early Modern Sri Lanka, Variorum, 1996, by S Arasaratnam. Chapter: The indigenous ruling class under colonial rule in Dutch maritime Ceylon, p 57-71 , Chapter: Elements of social and economic change in Dutch maritime Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 1658-1796, p 35-54, Chapter: Ceylon in the Indian Ocean trade: 1500-1800, p 224-239<\/li>\n<li>Portuguese, Dutch and Chinese in Maritime Aisa, c.1585-1800: Merchants, Commodities and Commerce, Ashgate Valorium, George Bryan Souza, 2014. Chapter: Global Commodities and Commerce in the Early Modern World: the case of Sri Lankan Cinnamon, pp 1-25.<\/li>\n<li><em>Society and Space: Colonialism, Nationalism and Postcolonial identity in Sri Lanka<\/em>, Nihal Perera, 1998, Colorado, Westview Press<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMapping as a vital element of Administration in the Dutch colonial government of maritime Sri Lanka, 1658-1796\u201d, Ananda Abeydeera, 1993, Vol, 45, No,1, pp 101-111.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cColombo\u201d, Twentieth century impressions of CEYLON: its history, people, commerce, industries and resources, edited by Arnold Wright, London, Colombo: Lloyd\u2019s Greater Britain Publishing Company Ltd, 1997.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWider Opportunities: Religious Revival, Nationalist Awakening and the Global Dimension in Colombo, 1870-1920\u201d, Mark Frost, <em>Modern Asian Studies,<\/em> Vol.36, No.4(2002), pp 937-969.<\/li>\n<li>Malays in Colombo \u201cThe Malay World, expanded\u201d, Ronit Ricci, Indonesia and the Malay world, Vol 41, No.120, 2013, pp 168-182.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many interesting works on Colombo as a port city. Here are some of the most notable works: K Dharmasena, &#8220;Colombo: gateway and oceanic hub of shipping&#8221; (Brides of the Sea compilation)\u2014based on the port being the most important aspect of any port city Michael Roberts, \u201cThe two faces of the port city: Colombo &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/colombos-sources\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sources<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-303","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/303\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portcities.asia\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}