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"Departing for a new life far away; fleeing from the dangers, the restrictions, or just the mundanity of familiar surroundings; enduring unwanted scrutiny in the backrooms of officialdom: some of the most dramatic scenes of a life story involve a passport. By examining the travel documents of artists, intellectuals, ancient messengers, and modern migrants, License to Travel tells how these seemingly humble documents also implicate us--our emotions and imaginings--in some of the most sweeping transformations of human history: the emergence of the nation-state, of international relations, of government surveillance, of refugee crises, and of our global interconnectedness"--
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License to Travel, Patrick Bixby
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- 2023
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- Title
- License to Travel
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Patrick Bixby
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Released
- 2023
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 248
- ISBN10
- 0520397894
- ISBN13
- 9780520397897
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, Textbooks, Political Science & Politics, University Textbooks
- Rating
- 3.25 out of 5
- Description
- "Departing for a new life far away; fleeing from the dangers, the restrictions, or just the mundanity of familiar surroundings; enduring unwanted scrutiny in the backrooms of officialdom: some of the most dramatic scenes of a life story involve a passport. By examining the travel documents of artists, intellectuals, ancient messengers, and modern migrants, License to Travel tells how these seemingly humble documents also implicate us--our emotions and imaginings--in some of the most sweeping transformations of human history: the emergence of the nation-state, of international relations, of government surveillance, of refugee crises, and of our global interconnectedness"--