Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1
1. Understanding Citizenship 15
2. The Development of British Subjecthood before the Twentieth Century 39
3. The Common Code System: Britain and the Dominions in the Pre-Second World War Period 70
4. Commonwealth Citizenship: From the British Nationality Act 1948 to the Commonwealth Immigrants Act 1962 106
5. Emerging National Citizenship through Immigration Control: From the Commonwealth Immigrants Act
1962 to the Immigration Act 1971 144
Epilogue: An Appraisal of the British Nationality Act 1981 179
Conclusion 189
Appendices:
I. Aspects of Citizenship 197
II. Comparison of National and Alternative Types of Citizenship 198
III. Development of Various Types of Citizenship in Britain 199
IV Entitlement of Citizenship Rights and Privileges in the United Kingdom at the Time of the Enactment
of the British Nationality Act 1981 200
Chronology 201
Select Bibliography 204
Index 222.