History A-Level
Industrial growth and structural change
What Industrial growth and structural change means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Industrial growth and structural change
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Motor manufacturing, component firms, garages, petrol retailing and road building grew, while some older trades were threatened.
Topics that use Industrial growth and structural change
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 5 Herbert Austin: creating and adapting to market forces, 1905–28 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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