Freedom bound : law, labor, and civic identity in colonizing English America, 1580-1865 / Christopher Tomlins.
2010
KF3319 .T66 2010 (Mapit)
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Title
Freedom bound : law, labor, and civic identity in colonizing English America, 1580-1865 / Christopher Tomlins.
Imprint
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010.
Description
xvi, 617 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Prologue. Beginning : "as much freedome in reason as may be
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pt. I. Manning, Planting, Keeping. 1. Manning : "setteynge many on worke"
2. Planting : "directed and conducted thither"
3. Keeping (i) : discourses of intrusion
4. Keeping (ii) : English desires, designs
pt. II. Poly-Olbion ; or, The inside narrative. 5. Packing : new inhabitants
6. Unpacking : received wisdoms of law and work
7. Changing : localities, legalities
pt. III. "What, then, is the American , this new man?". 8. Modernizing : polity, economy, patriarchy
9. Enslaving : facies hippocratica; 10. Ending : "strange order of things!"
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pt. I. Manning, Planting, Keeping. 1. Manning : "setteynge many on worke"
2. Planting : "directed and conducted thither"
3. Keeping (i) : discourses of intrusion
4. Keeping (ii) : English desires, designs
pt. II. Poly-Olbion ; or, The inside narrative. 5. Packing : new inhabitants
6. Unpacking : received wisdoms of law and work
7. Changing : localities, legalities
pt. III. "What, then, is the American , this new man?". 8. Modernizing : polity, economy, patriarchy
9. Enslaving : facies hippocratica; 10. Ending : "strange order of things!"
Summary
"Freedom Bound is about the origins of modern America. It is a history of colonizing, work, and civic identity from the beginnings of English presence on the mainland until the Civil War"-- Provided by publisher.
"Freedom Bound is about the origins of modern America - a history of colonizing, work, and civic identity from the beginnings of English presence on the mainland until the Civil War. It is a history of migrants and migrations, of colonizers and colonized, of households and servitude and slavery, and of the freedom all craved and some found. Above all it is a history of the law that framed the entire process. Freedom Bound tells how colonies were planted in occupied territories, how they were populated with migrants - free and unfree - to do the work of colonizing, and how the newcomers secured possession. It tells of the new civic lives that seemed possible in new commonwealths, and of the constraints that kept many from enjoying them. It follows the story long past the end of the eighteenth century until the American Civil War, when - just for a moment - it seemed that freedom might finally be unbound"-- Provided by publisher.
"Freedom Bound is about the origins of modern America - a history of colonizing, work, and civic identity from the beginnings of English presence on the mainland until the Civil War. It is a history of migrants and migrations, of colonizers and colonized, of households and servitude and slavery, and of the freedom all craved and some found. Above all it is a history of the law that framed the entire process. Freedom Bound tells how colonies were planted in occupied territories, how they were populated with migrants - free and unfree - to do the work of colonizing, and how the newcomers secured possession. It tells of the new civic lives that seemed possible in new commonwealths, and of the constraints that kept many from enjoying them. It follows the story long past the end of the eighteenth century until the American Civil War, when - just for a moment - it seemed that freedom might finally be unbound"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Location
KFSTO
Call Number
KF3319 .T66 2010
Language
English
ISBN
9780521761390 hardback
0521761395 hardback
9780521137775 paperback
0521137772 paperback
0521761395 hardback
9780521137775 paperback
0521137772 paperback
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