The Genesis of Western Exceptionalism: British Columbia's Hard‐Rock Miners, 1895–1903

Abstract

century to the First World War have given rise to the thesis of western exceptionalism. The main premise of this thesis holds that western Canadian workers, particularly those in British Columbia, accepted the social relations of capitalism only reluctantly, and were more inclined to join revolutionary parties and unions than were workers in other regions of the country.' In recent years, scholars have questioned the accuracy of this analysis, claiming that western radicalism has been overemphasized and that militancy in other regions has been understated. = In general, however, strike statistics indicate that British

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