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Textprofil: The British in Ceylon (1796-1900)
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Ein kurzer Abriss der Geschichte der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung Sri Lankas unter britischer Herrschaft seit 1796. Daraus wird die Bedeutung ersichtlich, die die Einfuhr von Arbeitskräften aus Indien für die Kaffee-, Tee-, Gummi- und Kokosnussplantagen hatte. Die kapitalistische Wirtschaft konzentrierte sich auf Zentren und entlang von Eisenbahnlinien und Strassen und koexistierte mit der Subsistenzwirtschaft der Einheimischen, die durch den Handel nur langsam in Berührung mit der Geldwirtschaft gelangten.
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