000			03239cam a2200373 a 4500
001			2009049008
003			DLC
005			20190729104444.0
008			091119s2010 nyua b 001 0 eng
010			_a 2009049008
015			_aGBB064636 _2bnb
016	7		_a015561857 _2Uk
020			_a9780199733422 (hardback : acidfree paper)
020			_a0199733422 (hardback : acid-free paper)
035			_a(OCoLC)ocn457160531
040			_aDLC _cDLC _dYDX _dBTCTA _dYDXCP _dUKM _dBWX _dCDX _dSBM _dRCJ _dDOS _dDLC
043			_an-us---
049			_aEY8Z
050	0	0	_aKF4794 _b.R63 2010
082	0	0	_a342.7308/2 _222
100	1		_aRobertson, Craig, _d1969-
245	1	4	_aThe passport in America : _bthe history of a document / _cCraig Robertson.
260			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2010.
300			_ax, 340 p. : _bill. ; _c25 cm.
520			_a"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 a passport could accurately identify a person, others took advantage of this new document to advance claims for citizenship. From the strategic use of passport applications by freed slaves and a campaign to allow married women to get passports in their maiden names, to the "passport nuisance" of the 1920s and the contested addition of photographs and other identification technologies on the passport, Robertson sheds new light on issues of individual and national identity in modern U.S. history. In this age of heightened security, especially at international borders, Robertson's The Passport in America provides anyone interested in questions of identification and surveillance with a richly detailed, and often surprising, history of this uniquely important document"--Provided by publisher.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aDocument -- Name -- Signature -- Physical description -- Photograph -- Application -- Bureaucracy -- Dubious citizens -- Suspicious people and untrustworthy documents -- Reading bodies, reading documents, and "passport control" -- "The passport nuisance".
650		0	_aPassports _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aCitizenship _zUnited States _xHistory.
948			_au332634
949			_aKF4794 .R63 2010 _wLC _c1 _hEY8Z _i33039001182814
596			_a1
903			_a20608
999			_c20608 _d20608