Commonwealth History in the Twenty-First Century

Intro -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction: The Commonwealth in the Twenty-First Century -- The League of Nations and the 'Third British Empire', 1919-1940 -- I -- II -- III -- IV -- Commonwealth History from Below? Caribbean National, Federal and Pan-African Renegotiations of the Empire Project, c. 1880-1950 -- Marryshow vs. Smuts -- Britishness, Imperial Federation and Caribbean Projects of Citizenship and Sovereignty, c. 1800-1919 -- Federation in the Commonwealth and West Indian Nationalism and Internationalism, c. 1919-1950 -- Aftermaths -- Commonwealth Constitution-Maker: The Life of Yash Ghai -- East Africa: 1963-1971 -- The South Pacific: 1975-1987 -- Kenya, 2000-2004 -- Conclusion -- 'The Unbridgeable Gulf': Responsible Self-Government and Aboriginal Title in Southern Rhodesia and the Commonwealth -- Southern Rhodesia, 1889-1918 -- Re Southern Rhodesia and the Crown -- Re Southern Rhodesia and the Commonwealth -- Commonwealth Communities: Immigration and Racial Thinking in Twentieth-Century Britain -- An Imperial Hangover and the Myth of Civis Britannicus Sum -- Restrictions on Commonwealth Immigration -- Multiracialism and Managed Migrations -- Conclusion -- Between Insignificance and Importance: The Commonwealth Headship in Contemporary History -- Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian Republicanism, and the Commonwealth -- Kingship, the Commonwealth, and Constituent Power -- The Gandhian Way and the Spirit of Bandung -- South African Indians, Monarchy and the New Commonwealth: Transnational Conversations and Perspectives, 1946-1948 -- Polemics, Passion and Pageantry: Durban's Indians and the Royal Visit -- India, Britain and the Royal Visit -- 'Cuckoo in the Commonwealth Nest': The Irish Impact and the Commonwealth Legacy for Ireland -- The 'Irish' Origins of Commonwealth History -- Ireland's Historic Links to the Commonwealth.