Identification and Registration Practices in Transnational Perspective: People, Papers and Practices

by James R. Brown and Jane Caplan

Book Overview

This collection examines the subject of identification and surveillance from 16th C English parish registers to 21st C DNA databases. The contributors, who range from historians to legal specialists, provide an insight into the historical development behind such issues as biometric identification, immigration control and personal data use.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349346438
• ISBN13: 9781349346431
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"