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UNMASKING THE EMPIRE in British Ceylon: The Post 1915 Riots Campaign-by Michael Roberts Source:Thuppahis Image Source:Thuppahis Unmasking the Empire: The campaign for justice following the 1915 Pogrom and the collaboration of British Christian humanitarians at the beginning of Sri Lanka’s struggle for Independence, …. Prabodith Mihindukulasuriya Social Scientists’ Association, No. 380/86, Sarana Road, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka, 2023, 312 pp, ISBN: 978-955-0762-47-7, Printers: Karunaratne & Sons (Pvt) Ltd., 65 C, Thalgahawila Road, Midellamulahena, Horana, Sri Lanka. EW Perera DB Jayatilaka CONTENTS Abbreviations vi Notes on Terminology vii Preface ix Acknowledgements xii Part I: Introduction Chapter One: British Christian Humanitarianism, the Ceylonese Temperance Movement, and Imperial Governance 3 Chapter Two: One Hundred Days: The 1915 Pogrom and Martial Law Reprisals (May–August 1915) 15 Part II: The Campaign for Justice in Britain (1915–1919) Chapter Three: Phase I: Battle for Credibility (July 1915–August 1916) 41 Chapter Four: Phase II: Battle for Due Process (September 1916 – ...