| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 106.3

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Book Review

Comparative/World

John H. M. Laslett. Colliers across the Sea: A Comparative Study of Class Formation in Scotland and the American Midwest, 1830–1924. (The Working Class in American History.) Champaign: University of Illinois Press. 2000. Pp. xiv, 314. Cloth $49.95, paper $18.95.

Recent studies of British migration to America have shed much new light on the histories of Britain and the United States and have drawn fresh attention to their close cultural and social-economic interrelationships. John H. M. Laslett's book is a welcome addition to this body of literature. This comparative study presents the migration of Scottish miners to the American Midwest and effectively challenges the myth of American "labor exceptionalism" by providing a clear understanding of why Scottish miners in America reacted differently to modernization than did the miners who stayed in Scotland. This fine book should be read by those interested in the history of coal mining, migration, and American and British labor organization. . . .

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