Edward Kolla | The Amazingly Idiosyncratic History of Passports | March 29, 2021
Автор: Center for International and Regional Studies
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Edward Kolla is Associate Professor of History at Georgetown University in Qatar and the 2020-2021 CIRS Faculty Fellow
When COVID19 hit, many inveterate travelers like myself were dazed by how quickly something we took for granted had disappeared. Gone, suddenly, was our ability to grab our passport, hop on a plane, and be in a new country—sometimes even without the hassle of getting a visa. But something else we took for granted, back in those halcyon days, was the very need for passports to enjoy international mobility. Though ubiquitous and seemingly all-necessary, passports are something of a historical fluke. While travel documents of all sorts date back to the start of recorded history, the story of how we arrived at these little booklet—which, by the way, are totally uncodified in international law—is quirky, complex, and counter-intuitive.
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