Mandates and empire : the League of Nations and Africa, 1914-1931

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Author:

Callahan, Michael D. (Michael Dennis)

ISBN:

9781902210230

Personal Author:

Callahan, Michael D. (Michael Dennis)

Publication Information:

Brighton [England] ; Portland, OR : Sussex Academic Press, 1999.

Physical Description:

ix, 297 p. : 1 map ; 24 cm.

Contents:

Map of Africa, 1931 -- 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" -- 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.

Corporate Subject:

League of Nations -- Africa -- History.

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Summary

This book compares the impact of the League of Nations mandates system on British and French rule in the African mandated territories. It examines the mandates system with particular attention to international relations as well as to national politics, the activities of pressure groups, and the bureaucracies of the two largest overseas empires. The book studies developments in international law, international organization, and the powers of the Permanent Mandates Commission. The mandates system not only reflected the changing face of European colonialism, but also played a transforming role in its operation by influencing the economic, political, and cultural lives of Africans and Europeans within the mandated territories. The system led to the development of policies that transformed the relations between Europeans and Africans, and changed the way in which the colonial state exercised power within the mandated territories.