The Invention of the Passport: Surveillance, Citizenship and the State (Cambridge Studies in Law and Society)

by John C. Torpey

Book Overview

In order to distinguish between those who may and may not enter or leave, states everywhere have developed extensive systems of identification, central to which is the passport. This innovative book... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521634938
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"