History A-Level
Changing food demands of countryside and town
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Population growth, urbanisation and rising expectations of food supply across 1861–1991 shaped what the countryside and town required.
Topics that use Changing food demands of countryside and town
- Paper 3, Option 38.1: The making of modern Russia, 1855–1991 - 2 Agriculture and productivity: meeting the country's needs? (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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