The invention of the passport: surveillance, citizenship and the state

This book presents the first detailed history of the modern passport and why it became so important for controlling movement in the modern world. It explores the history of passport laws, the parliamentary debates about those laws, and the social responses to their implementation. The author argues...

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Main Author: Torpey, John C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge New York, NY Port Melbourne New Delhi Singapore Cambridge University Press [2018]
In:Year: 2018
Edition:2. edition
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Summary:This book presents the first detailed history of the modern passport and why it became so important for controlling movement in the modern world. It explores the history of passport laws, the parliamentary debates about those laws, and the social responses to their implementation. The author argues that modern nation-states and the international state system have 'monopolized the 'legitimate means of movement',' rendering persons dependent on states' authority to move about - especially, though not exclusively, across international boundaries. This new edition reviews other scholarship, much of which was stimulated by the first edition, addressing the place of identification documents in contemporary life. It also updates the story of passport regulations from the publication of the first edition, which appeared just before the terrorist attacks of 9/11, to the present day.
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xix, 255 Seiten)
ISBN:9781108664271
DOI:10.1017/9781108664271