Craig Robertson

The Passport in America

The History of a Document

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Produktbeschreibung

How the passport developed as a document speaks to migration studies, diplomatic and legal history, and to those interested in the history and development of surveillance technologies. The author explains how Americans learned to document an identity, who can establish such an identity, and to what purpose such an identity can be put.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9780199927579
• ISBN-10: 019992757X
• Artikelnr.: 52155473

Autorenporträt

Craig Robertson is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I: Assembling the Passport
Ch 1: Document
Ch 2: Name
Ch 3: Signature
Ch 4: Physical Description
Ch 5: Photograph
Ch 6: Application
Ch 7: Issurance
Part II: Using the Passport
Ch 8: Dubious Citizens
Ch 9: Dishonest People and Untrustworthy Documents
Ch 10: Reading Bodies, Reading Documents, and "Passport Control"
Ch 11: "The Passport Nuisance"
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index