History A-Level
Collectivisation and communal living
What Collectivisation and communal living means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Collectivisation and communal living
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Large units merged collectives and combined agriculture, industry, education and militia, with mess halls, nurseries and barracks disrupting family life and incentives.
Topics that use Collectivisation and communal living
- Agriculture and industry, 1949–65 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Attacks on landlordism
- Central planning and heavy-industry prioritisation
- Enforced collectivisation
- Famine and state extraction
- Industrial growth and structural imbalance
- Lower-stage cooperatives
- Mutual-aid teams
- Policy reversal and inner-party conflict
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