License to travel : a cultural history of the passport
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022].
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xiii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Sparks Library - Adult Nonfiction
342.082 BIXBY 2022
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342.082 BIXBY 2022
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022].
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English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-223) and index.
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"This surprising global history of an indispensable document reveals how the passport has shaped art, thought, and human experience while helping to define the modern world. In License to Travel, Patrick Bixby takes the reader on a captivating journey from pharaonic Egypt and Han-dynasty China to the passport controls and crowded refugee camps of today. Along the way, you will: Peruse the passports of artists and intellectuals, writers and musicians, ancient messengers and modern migrants. See how these seemingly humble documents implicate us in larger narratives about identity, mobility, citizenship, and state authority. Encounter intimate stories of vulnerability and desire along with vivid examples drawn from world cinema, literature, art, philosophy, and politics. Witness the authority that travel documents exercise over our movements and our emotions as we circulate around the globe. With unexpected discoveries at every turn, License to Travel exposes the passport as both an instrument of personal freedom and a tool of government surveillance powerful enough to define our very humanity."--,Provided by amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bixby, P. (2022). License to travel: a cultural history of the passport . University of California Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bixby, Patrick. 2022. License to Travel: A Cultural History of the Passport. University of California Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bixby, Patrick. License to Travel: A Cultural History of the Passport University of California Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bixby, Patrick. License to Travel: A Cultural History of the Passport University of California Press, 2022.
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