Permission obtained.Permission obtained.Includes bibliographical references and index.While I have little fondness for those towns I have a great deal of affection for the people I met when I lived there as a graduate student, many of whom continue to challenge me intellectually.I am privileged to be able to thank Cameron McCarthy, John Nerone, James Hay, Antoinette Burton, and Toby Miller for their enthusiasm for the project and for giving me the intellectual freedom to initially pursue it.David Monje and Kumi Silva continue to give me the support and understanding that only close friends can.I received fantastic support from the Interlibrary Loan departments at Babson College, Northeastern University, and especially the University of Illinois.Ben Scott and Jenny Wustenberg also provided hospitality and accommodation during a brief mopping up visit to National Archives.Elizabeth Pryor was generous enough to give me access to her dissertation.I am very grateful to Susan Ferber at Oxford University Press for initially seeing the value of an interdisciplinary history of the passport in the United States.Most importantly, I appreciate her understanding during a very difficult time in my life.Jessica Ryan and Ben Sadock ensured the manuscript made it through the production process in better shape than it went in.Sally Aitken, Bridget Byers, Paula Cody, Donald Reid, and Judith Holloway.Stephen, Delwyn, and Cleo.Like all my family he fully supported everything I did but it is fair to say that he definitely championed me in his own unique way.Sarah, Dwayne, Jack, Ryan, Rhiana, and especially Jim and Janet.Two people deserve somewhat more detailed thanks.I cannot thank my brother, Stephen, enough.