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The research at the basis of this book was conducted in the context of the NWO-funded project “Colonialism Inside Out: Everyday Experience and Plural Practice in Dutch Institutions in Sri Lanka 1700–1800” (360-52-230), which was carried out in cooperation between Leiden University and Radboud University Nijmegen. Open Access publishing of the book was also made possible through the generous funding of NWO (36.201.147).
Cover illustration: Papajaboom, rechtzoekenden bij de Dessave en een ‘hennikap’ of vrije bediende te Colombo [Sketch of eight “seekers of justice” waiting for the disāva, along with separate drawings of a papaya tree and a servant], Jan Brandes, 1785, © collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, inventory number NG-1985-7-1-10.
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ISSN 1873-8974
ISBN 978-90-04-75436-2 (hardback)
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DOI 10.1163/9789004754379
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