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.