Unpopular sovereignty : Rhodesian independence and African decolonization /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	White, Luise (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
Subjects:	Decolonization > Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe > History > 1965-1980. Zimbabwe > History. Zimbabwe > History > 1890-1965. History. Decolonization. Zimbabwe. 1890 - 1980

Table of Contents:

"The last good white man left": Rhodesia, Rhonasia, and the decolonization of British Africa
"Racial representation of the worst type": the 1957 Franchise Commission, citizenship, and the problem of polygyny
"European opinion and African capacities": the life and times of the 1961 Constitution
"A rebellion by a population the size of Portsmouth": the status of Rhodesia's independence, 1965-1969
"A James Bond would be truly at home": sanctions and sanctions busters
"Politics as we know the term": tribes, chiefs, and the 1969 Constitution
"Other peoples' sons": conscription, citizenship, and families, 1970-1980
"Why come now and ask us for our opinion?": the 1972 Pearce Commission and the African National Council
"Your vote means peace": the making and the unmaking of the internal settlement, 1975-1979
"Lancaster House was redundant": constitutions, citizens, and the frontline presidents
"Adequate and acceptable": the 1980 election and the idea of decolonization
"People such as ourselves": Rhodesia, Rhonasia, and the history of Zimbabwe.