Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-334) and index.

"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.