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- 248pagine
- 9 ore di lettura
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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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- Pubblicato
- 2023
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- Titolo
- License to Travel
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Patrick Bixby
- Pubblicato
- 2023
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 248
- ISBN10
- 0520397894
- ISBN13
- 9780520397897
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Scienze sociali, Tema stórico, Libri di testo, Scienze politiche & Politica, Libri di testo universitari
- Valutazione
- 3,25 su 5
- Descrizione
- "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"--