John Torpey : The invention of the passport. Surveillance, Citizenship and the State

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2 avril 2009

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Albrecht Funk, « John Torpey : The invention of the passport. Surveillance, Citizenship and the State », Crime, Histoire & Sociétés, ID : 10.4000/chs.745


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In his seminal book on Immigration, citizenship and national identity, Gerard Noiriel noted in 1988 that the history that analyzes the rationalization of administrative surveillance remains to be written. Torpey takes on this task by looking at the invention and administrative use of «passports and other documentary controls on movement and identification» (3). These controls - Torpey argues - have been essential to states' monopolization of the legitimate means of movement and are therefore ...

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