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Documenting Individual Identity: The Development of State Practices in the Modern World
Jane Caplan
Documenting Individual Identity: The Development of State Practices in the Modern World
Jane Caplan
Addresses 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 more.
432 pages, black & white illustrations
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 9, 2001 |
ISBN13 | 9780691009124 |
Publishers | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 432 |
Dimensions | 155 × 228 × 26 mm · 652 g |
Language | English |
Editor | Caplan, Jane |
Editor | Torpey, John |