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The passport in America : the history of a document / Craig Robertson

データ種別 図書
出版者 New York : Oxford University Press
出版年 2010
大きさ x, 340 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

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グローバル地域文化学部(烏丸書庫)
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グローバル・スタディーズ研究科(烏丸書庫)
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書誌ID BB12160168
本文言語 英語
内容注記 Document
Name
Signature
Physical description
Photograph
Application
Bureaucracy
Dubious citizens
Suspicious people and untrustworthy documents
Reading bodies, reading documents, and "passport control"
"The passport nuisance"
一般注記 Summary: "In today's world of constant identification checks, it's difficult to recall that there was ever a time when "proof of identity" was not a part of everyday life. And as anyone knows who has ever lost a passport, or let one expire on the eve of international travel, the passport has become an indispensable document. But how and why did this form of identification take on such a crucial role? In the first history of the passport in the United States, Craig Robertson offers an illuminating account of how this document, above all others, came to be considered a reliable answer to the question: who are you? Historically, the passport originated as an official letter of introduction addressed to foreign governments on behalf of American travelers, but as Robertson shows, it became entangled in contemporary negotiations over citizenship and other forms of identity documentation. Prior to World War I, passports were not required to cross American borders, and while some people struggled to understand how
Includes bibliographical references and index
著者標目  *Robertson, Craig, 1969-
件　名 LCSH:Passports -- United States -- History  全ての件名で検索
LCSH:Citizenship -- United States -- History  全ての件名で検索
分　類 LCC:KF4794
DC22:342.7308/2
巻冊次 ISBN:9780199733422 RefWorks出力（各巻）
NCID BB03534308
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