| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 105.1

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Book Review

Comparative/World

Gerald Friedman. State-Making and Labor Movements: France and the United States, 1876–1914. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. 1998. Pp. xiv, 317. $55.00.

Gerald Friedman's study of labor movements in France and the U.S. breathes new life into the old labor history. It joins the growing literature on American exceptionalism, distinguishing itself by the use of systematic cross-national comparisons to explore the roots of union growth and politics. The book's explanation for national differences discounts working-class culture and agency in favor of labor leadership, employer organization, and, above all, political institutions. . . .

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