Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Map of Africa, 1931
Introduction
1 The Great War and Imperial Expansion
The New Scramble for Africa
Lloyd George, Wilson, and “Self-Determination”
Annexation vs. Internationalization
Preparing for the Paris Peace Conference
2
Reforming European Imperialism, 1919
Wilson and the Fight for Mandates
Milner and Simon
“Nomansland,” the Duala, and French Resistance
The Lone “B” Mandate?
3
Accommodating the League of Nations, 1920
“The Tanganyika Territory”
French Capitulation
“There is no more Annexation”
4
The United States, Germany, and the Permanent Mandates
Commission, 1921–1925
America’s Departure and Demands
Germany’s Protests
Geneva and the PMC
Lugard and the League
5
The British Mandates between Theory and Practice, 1921–1925
Slavery and Land Legislation
Rwanda and Religious Freedom
Military Recruitment and Africans
Cameron, Indians, and White Settlers
“Mandated Territory and League of Nations Stupidities”
6
The French Mandates between Theory and Practice, 1921–1925
“Separate and Autonomous”
Military Recruitment and Africans
African Protest and the League
International Criticism and Imperial Legitimacy
7
Germany Joins the League: The British Mandates, 1926–1929
Chamberlain Confronts the PMC
Dr Kastl and Kenya
Cameron’s Mandated Territory
The British Empire as Article 22
8
Germany Joins the League: The French Mandates, 1926–1929
French Fears and Colonial Control
The Return of the Bund
Taxation and Labor Laws
9
Mandate and Empire in British East Africa, 1929–1931
The “Closer Union” Debate, 1919–1929
Labour’s White Papers
Lugard’s Questions
The Law Officers’ Answers
The Failure of “Closer Union”
Conclusions
Appendices
A Article 22 of the League of Nations Covenant
B Text of the Mandate for the Tanganyika Territory
C Text of the Mandates for Togo and Cameroon
D Constitution of the Permanent Mandates Commission
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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