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John Fielden and the Politics of Popular Radicalism 1832-1847 [Hardcover]

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  • Category: Books (Political Science)
  • Author:  Weaver, Stewart
  • Author:  Weaver, Stewart
  • ISBN-10:  0198229275
  • ISBN-10:  0198229275
  • ISBN-13:  9780198229278
  • ISBN-13:  9780198229278
  • Publisher:  Clarendon Press
  • Publisher:  Clarendon Press
  • Pages:  336
  • Pages:  336
  • Binding:  Hardcover
  • Binding:  Hardcover
  • Pub Date:  01-Jul-1987
  • Pub Date:  01-Jul-1987
  • SKU:  0198229275-11-MPOD
  • SKU:  0198229275-11-MPOD
  • Item ID: 100813273
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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.

The very first full-scale biography of one of the most paradoxical of all early Victorians....Weaver has found and used a significant body of unpublished letters....Weaver's work is an immensely useful biographical complement to recent monographs on Chartism, the Factory Movement, and early Victorian politics. --Victorian Studies


A fascinating and well-written account of English popular protest during the troubled years 1832-1847, built around the career of a man who was at least as important as the few Tory radicals who heretofore have been the center of historians' attention. --Albion


A finely crafted scholarly contribution of first-rate importance....The author has restored Fielden to his rightful place in the story of the early Victorian origins of the British welfare state. --The Historian


[An] important addition...to our knowledge of nineteenth-century radicalism. --Journal of Economic History


This well-researched book represents an important contribution to 19th-century studies. --CHOICE


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