Defining British citizenship: empire, commonwealth and modern Britain

This book explains the immigration and citizenship policies in Britain that repeatedly postponed the creation of British citizenship until 1981.

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Understanding Citizenship; 2 The Development of British Subjecthood before the Twentieth Century; 3 The Common Code System: Britain and the Dominions in the Pre-Second World War Period; 4 Commonwealth Citizenship: From the British Nationality Act 1948 to the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962; 5 Emerging National Citizenship through Immigration Control: From the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962 to the Immigration Act 1971