The Making of American Exceptionalism: The Knights of Labor and Class Formation in the Nineteenth Century.

American Political Science Review | December 1, 1994| | Copyright

In her new book, Kim Voss, an historical sociologist, addresses a hoary issue in U.S. historiography, the theme of "American exceptionalism." Simply put, the concept of "American exceptionalism" posits that the United States, unlike all other industrial societies, has lacked a working class conscious of itself and hence capable of advancing its interests through a mass socialist or labor political party. Voss instead argues that until the end of the 1880s workers in the United States, England, and France followed a common path "as activists in each country built new inclusive ...

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