Colombo: The Historian at Work

In: Itinerario: international journal on the history of European expansion and global interaction, Band 6, Heft 1, S. 93-101

Abstract

The National Archives of Sri Lanka hold a vast number of hitherto little used documents which provide an excellent basis for the study of Sri Lanka under Dutch and British administration. This article is a result of my visit to the Archives to carry out research on crime in Sri Lanka in the second half of the nineteenth century. It seeks to describe some of the opportunities - and difficulties - in using this rich resource.