License to Travel: A Cultural History of the Passport PDF
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The publisher and the University of California Press Foundation gratefully acknowledge the generous support of the Constance and William Withey Endowment Fund in History and Music. Bixby-License to Travel.indd 1 28/05/22 3:46 PM Bixby-License to Travel.indd 2 28/05/22 3:46 PM License to Travel Bixby-License to Travel.indd 1 28/05/22 3:46 PM Bixby-License to Travel.indd 2 28/05/22 3:46 PM License to Travel a cultural history of the passport Patrick Bixby university of california press Bixby-License to Travel.indd 3 28/05/22 3:46 PM University of California Press Oakland, California © 2022 by Patrick Bixby Cataloging-in-Publication Data is on file at the Library of Congress. isbn 978-0-520-37585-7 (cloth : alk. paper) isbn 978-0-520-97627-6 (ebook) Manufactured in the United States of America 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Bixby-License to Travel.indd 4 28/05/22 3:46 PM For Nicole Bixby-License to Travel.indd 5 28/05/22 3:46 PM Bixby-License to Travel.indd 6 28/05/22 3:46 PM contents List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: “The Most Precious Book I Possess” 1 part one a prehistory of the passport as we know it 1 • Ancient Bodies, Ancient Citizens 23 2 • Great Sovereigns, Grand Tourists 45 3 • Modern Bodies, Modern Citizens 64 part two the advent of the passport as we know it 4 • Modernists and Militants 91 part three the passport as we know it 5 • Expelled and Stateless 121 6 • Migrants and Marxists 147 Bixby-License to Travel.indd 7 28/05/22 3:46 PM
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