The Passport in America
The History of a Document
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…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-977989-5
- EAN: 9780199779895
- Produktnummer: 13953049
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2010
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 4'648 KB
- Abbildungen: 21 illus.
Über den Autor
Craig Robertson is Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Northeastern University.
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