History A-Level
Highway development
What Highway development means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Highway development
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Road building, notably the 1956 Interstate Highway Act, that linked suburbs to cities and enabled long-distance travel.
Topics that use Highway development
- Affluence and conformity, 1955–63 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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