License to travel : a cultural history of the passport
Patrick Bixby
Bok · Engelsk · 2022
| Omfang | xiii, 230 sider : illustrasjoner (svart/hvitt)
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| Opplysninger | Introduction : "The most precious book I possess" -- A pre-history of the passport as we know it -- The advent of the passport as we know it -- A history of the passport as we know it -- Epilogue : "Good passports bad passports".. - "Departing for a new life far away; fleeing from the dangers, the restrictions, or just the mundanity of familiar surroundings; enduring unwanted scrutiny in the backrooms of officialdom: some of the most dramatic scenes of a life story involve a passport. By examining the travel documents of artists, intellectuals, ancient messengers, and modern migrants, License to Travel tells how these seemingly humble documents also implicate us--our emotions and imaginings--in some of the most sweeping transformations of human history: the emergence of the nation-state, of international relations, of government surveillance, of refugee crises, and of our global interconnectedness"-- Provided by publisher.
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| ISBN | 0520375858. - 9780520375857
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