Documenting Individual Identity: The Development of State Practices in the Modern WorldJane Caplan, John Torpey This book addresses one of the least studied yet most pervasive aspects of modern life--the techniques and mechanisms by which official agencies certify individual identity. From passports and identity cards to labor registration and alien documentation, from fingerprinting to much-debated contemporary issues such as DNA-typing, body surveillance, and the catastrophic results of colonial-era identity documentation in postcolonial Rwanda, Documenting Individual Identity offers the most comprehensive historical overview of this fascinating topic ever published. |
Contents
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IDENTIFICATION PRACTICES AND POLICING | 121 |
IDENTIFICATION AND CONTROL OF MOVEMENT | 197 |
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN IDENTIFICATION | 271 |
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Documenting Individual Identity: The Development of State Practices ..., Part 63 Jane Caplan,John C. Torpey No preview available - 2001 |