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In License to Travel, Bixby explores the passport's linguistic journey and much else. . . . An impressive survey. * Wall Street Journal * A comprehensive, insightful history. . . . Bixby offers up a formidable survey of this everyday artifact and how it defines individuals and affords varying degrees of privilege and freedom, depending on one's place of birth. * New York Times * Neatly lays out the mighty power of the passport and the pains of passport inequality. . . . With License to Travel, Bixby also makes the argument that applying and carrying a passport is not just an administrative hoop that travelers must jump through: Having a passport gives us the freedom to travel-and the freedom to thrive. * AFAR Magazine * Read this book and you'll never again treat your passport so casually. * Geography Realm *

"""In License to Travel, Bixby explores the passport’s linguistic journey and much else. . . . An impressive survey."" * Wall Street Journal * ""A comprehensive, insightful history. . . . Bixby offers up a formidable survey of this everyday artifact and how it defines individuals and affords varying degrees of privilege and freedom, depending on one’s place of birth."" * New York Times * ""Neatly lays out the mighty power of the passport and the pains of passport inequality. . . . With License to Travel, Bixby also makes the argument that applying and carrying a passport is not just an administrative hoop that travelers must jump through: Having a passport gives us the freedom to travel—and the freedom to thrive."" * AFAR Magazine * ""Read this book and you’ll never again treat your passport so casually."" * Geography Realm * ""Bixby offers a new cultural history of the passport, exploring its pre-history, emergence and its current status today. This beautifully written and accessible book will be a great introduction for people wanting to learn more about passports and their politics of inclusion and exclusion."" * LSE Review of Books *"

In License to Travel, Bixby explores the passport's linguistic journey and much else. . . . An impressive survey. * Wall Street Journal * A comprehensive, insightful history. . . . Bixby offers up a formidable survey of this everyday artifact and how it defines individuals and affords varying degrees of privilege and freedom, depending on one's place of birth. * New York Times * Neatly lays out the mighty power of the passport and the pains of passport inequality. . . . With License to Travel, Bixby also makes the argument that applying and carrying a passport is not just an administrative hoop that travelers must jump through: Having a passport gives us the freedom to travel-and the freedom to thrive. * AFAR Magazine * Read this book and you'll never again treat your passport so casually. * Geography Realm * Bixby offers a new cultural history of the passport, exploring its pre-history, emergence and its current status today. This beautifully written and accessible book will be a great introduction for people wanting to learn more about passports and their politics of inclusion and exclusion. * LSE Review of Books *

In License to Travel, Bixby explores the passport's linguistic journey and much else. . . . An impressive survey. * Wall Street Journal * Neatly lays out the mighty power of the passport and the pains of passport inequality. . . . With License to Travel, Bixby also makes the argument that applying and carrying a passport is not just an administrative hoop that travelers must jump through: Having a passport gives us the freedom to travel-and the freedom to thrive. * AFAR Magazine *

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Patrick Bixby is Professor of English at Arizona State University. His books include Unaccompanied Traveler: The Writings of Kathleen M. Murphy.

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