The Invention of the Passport: Surveillance, Citizenship and the State

by John C. Torpey

Book Overview

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'...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108462944
• ISBN13: 9781108462945
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 8.9"