This collection examines the subject of identification and surveillance from 16th C English parish registers to 21st C DNA databases. The contributors, who range from historians to legal specialists, provide an insight into the historical development behind such issues as biometric identification, immigration control and personal data use.
Author Biography:
Jane Caplan, University of Oxford, UK
Simon Cole, University of California, Irvine, USA
Claudine Dardy, University of Paris 12 Val-de-Marne, France
Vincent Denis, University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France
Uma Dhupelia-Mesthrie, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
Mercedes GarcÃa Ferrari, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento, Argentina
Melanie Griffiths, University of Oxford, UK
Edward Higgs, University of Essex, UK
Karl Jakob Krogness, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
Emilio Mordini, Centre for Science, Society and Citizenship, Italy
Massimiliano Pagani, University of Exeter, UK
Pierre Piazza, University of Cergy-Pontoise, France
Andrew P. Rebera, University of Sussex, UK
Simon Szreter, University of Cambridge, UK
Ian Watson, Bifröst University, Iceland