This book offers a radical new survey of more than a thousand years of religious life in Rome; from the foundation of the city to its rise to world empire and its conversion to Christianity. It sets religion in its full cultural context; between the primitive hamlet of the eighth century BC and the cosmopolitan; multicultural society of the first centuries of the Christian era.
#1371334 in Books Christopher Tomlins 2010-08-31 2010-11-11Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 8.98 x 1.61 x 5.98l; 1.85 #File Name: 0521137772636 pagesFreedom Bound Law Labor and Civic Identity in Colonizing English America 1580 1865
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16 of 43 people found the following review helpful. Worth the struggle?By L.B.ETomlins' Freedom Bound provides an insightful challenge to the accepted narrative of legal history in the United States; but he does so in a way that is almost completely inaccessible. His writing style is challenging; to say the least. Tomlins shoots himself in the foot as convoluted sentence structure; legal jargon; and sheer minutia weigh down his argument. Unless you have a strong interest in legal or labor history (or are required to read this for class -- good luck); skip the book and read some of the articles it has/will spawn instead.
