History A-Level
Depopulation
What Depopulation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Depopulation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A sharp cut in the population through death and emigration, with social effects on families and communities.
Topics that use Depopulation
- Paper 3, Option 36.2: Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923 - 3 The Irish Famine, 1843–51 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Emigration and migration
- Encumbered Estates Act 1849
- Food export and moral economy
- Government relief policy
- Absentee landlords
- Blight
- Laissez-faire and market ideology
- Land consolidation
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