History A-Level
Employer paternalism and model communities
What Employer paternalism and model communities means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Employers such as Titus Salt built model communities like Saltaire, providing housing and amenities, though often with moral and productivity motives.
Topics that use Employer paternalism and model communities
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 1 Changing patterns of adult work and working conditions (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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