The passport in America : the history of a document
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The passport in America : the history of a document
Oxford University Press, 2010
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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
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- 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"
