Title: Fieldens of Todmorden
First published: 1995
Description: Joshua Fielden (1748-1811) established a cotton weaving industry in Todmorden, Lancashire, which "became one of the most successful nineteenth century business dynasties ... the author deals extensively with the contrasting personalities and lifestyles of the Fielden family through the generations and the ways in which the huge fortunes they had secured or inherited were used." --Dust jacket.
Subjects: Biography, Cotton manufacture, Cotton textile industry, Fielden Brothers Limited, Fielding family, History, Industrialists
Places: Great Britain, Todmorden (England)
Time periods: 19th century
LC classification: HD9881.9 F54 L39 1995