Mandates and Empire: The League of Nations and Africa, 1914-1931

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Map of Africa, 1931 Introduction The Great War and Imperial Expansion The New Scramble for Africa Lloyd George, Wilson, and 'Self-Determination' Annexation vs. Internationalisation Preparing for the Paris Peace Conference Reforming European Imperialism, 1919 Wilson and the Fight for Mandates Milner and Simon 'Nomansland,' the Duala, and French Resistance The Lone 'B' Mandate? Accommodating the League of Nations, 1920 'The Tanganyika Territory' French Capitulation 'There is no more Annexation' 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 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' 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 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 Germany Joins the League: The French Mandates, 1926--1929 French Fears and Colonial Control The Return of the Bund Taxation and Labour Laws 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 Notes Bibliography Index.