John Fielden and Politics Popular Radicalism 1832-1847 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198229278)

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 in Parliament as the voice of the people.

Author: Stewart Angas Weaver
ISBN-10: 0198229275
ISBN-13: 9780198229278
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Language: English
Published: 09/17/1987
Pages: 340
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.12h x 6.50w x 1.04d