Tomlins, Christopher L.,  1951- <br/><br/>
Freedom bound :  law, labor, and civic identity in colonizing English America, 1580-1865 / 
Christopher Tomlins. 
 - New York ;  Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  2010. 
 - xvi, 617p. 
<br/><br/> "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" -- prelim. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780521761390 (hbk.) 9780521137775 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Labour--History.--United States<br/>Labour laws and legislation--History.--United States<br/>National characteristics, American.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--Colonization.<br/>United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.<br/>United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.<br/>United States--History--1783-1865.<br/>United States--Economic conditions--To 1865.<br/>United States--Social conditions--To 1865.