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License to travel : a cultural history of the passport /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bixby, Patrick (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
Subjects:
Passports > History.
Ai Weiwei.
Elon Musk.
Frederick Douglass.
Gertrude Stein.
Global studies.
Hannah Arendt.
Langston Hughes.
Marc Chagall.
Paul Robeson.
Slavoj Žižek.
Sun Ra.
Willa Cather.
abroad.
adventure.
citizenship.
continent.
country.
cultural history.
culture.
explore.
identity.
mobility.
new places.
state.
tourist.
travel.
visit.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction "The Most Precious Book I Possess"
  • Part one. A Prehistory of the Passport as We Know It
  • One. Ancient Bodies, Ancient Citizens
  • Two. Great Sovereigns, Grand Tourists
  • Three. Modern Bodies, Modern Citizens
  • Part two. The Advent of the Passport as We Know It
  • Four. Modernists and Militants
  • Part three. The Passport as We Know It
  • Five. Expelled and Stateless
  • Six. Migrants and Marxists
  • Epilogue: Good Passports Bad Passports
  • Notes
  • Index