Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-188) and index.

Introduction -- Kinship politics and space, identity and international community prior to legal decolonization: the problem and the query -- (Re)negotiating the colonial problematic : the UN Charter, the emergence of Asia-Africa, and the anti-colonial challenge to kinship -- The limits of the anti-colonial critique : anti-colonialists' visions and divisions -- Contending perspectives? : the overlap between colonialist and anti-colonialist narratives on dependency and sovereignty -- Masculinity, time and brotherhood : resolving the colonial problematic -- Conclusion : twentieth century transformations of space, identity and international community -- Appendix : tables and figures -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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