When the World Closed Its Doors: The Covid-19 Tragedy and the Future of Borders

by Laurie Trautman and Edward Alden

A detailed exploration of the most sweeping government border closures in human history during the Covid-19 pandemic and the implications for the future of global mobility. More people traveled internationally in 2019 than in any year in history. After COVID began its rapid spread throughout the world, though, international travel plummeted, and nations across the world hardened their borders. For the first time, governments took the same tools that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019769781X
• ISBN13: 9780197697818
• Release Date: January 2025
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"