The Invention of the Passport: Surveillance, Citizenship and the State by John Torpey

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

John Torpey

224 pages first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced

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This innovative book argues that documents such as passports, internal passports and related mechanisms have been crucial in making distinctions between citizens and noncitizens. It explains how the concept of citizenship has been used over the pa...

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