Melancholy Order: Asian Migration and the Globalization of Borders

by Adam M. McKeown

Book Overview

As Adam M. McKeown demonstrates, the push for increased border control and identity documentation is the continuation of more than 150 years of globalization. Not only are modern passports and national borders inseparable from the rise of global mobility, but they are also tied to the emergence of individuals and nations as the primary sites of global power and identity.

McKeown's detailed history traces how, rather than being a legacy of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231140770
• ISBN13: 9780231140775
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 472 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.9" x 8.8"