Economic inequality
What Economic inequality means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Continuity persisted through de facto segregation and economic inequality, with northern cities suffering from systemic poverty and deteriorating inner-city ghettos.
Wealth was unevenly distributed, creating a stark divide between the affluent industrial bourgeoisie and the growing urban working class.
Prosperity was evident in the growing wealth of the gentry and the booming cloth industry, while depression afflicted the lower classes.
Uneven economic growth, with rural areas remaining largely agricultural and some regions experiencing poverty and social unrest.
Topics that use Economic inequality
- 1C The Tudors: England, 1485–1603 – Henry VIII, 1509–1547 (AQA A-Level)
- 1L The quest for political stability: Germany, 1871–1991 – The Kaiserreich, 1871–1914 (AQA A-Level)
- 2Q The American Dream: reality and illusion, 1945–1980 – The USA after Nixon, 1974–1980 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- Conditions in early sixteenth- century Germany (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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