John Fielden and Politics Popular Radicalism 1832-1847

by Stewart Weaver

John Fielden, industrial magnate and radical Member of Parliament for Oldham in Lancashire from 1832 to 1847, was best known as a leading advocate of factory reform. Drawing on a rare collection of Fielden family papers, this biographical study provides a fresh assessment of each of the movements in which Fielden became involved and of his role within them, and discusses the influences that shaped this radical industrialist who occupied a unique place...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198229275
• ISBN13: 9780198229278
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: Clarendon Press
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.1"