The Fielden fortune. The finances of Lancashire’s most successful ante–bellum manufacturing family

Financial History Review

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-28

  Chapman, Stanley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 23844537057     PISSN: 09685650     EISSN: 14740052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0968565000000470     Document Type: Article

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