History A-Level
Industrial working conditions
What Industrial working conditions means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Industrial working conditions
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Conditions in factories, mines and foundries, with long hours, noise, heat, dust, dangerous moving parts, discipline by overseers and fines, and risks from gas, flooding, roof falls and molten metal.
Topics that use Industrial working conditions
- Paper 1, Option 1D: Britain, c1785–c1870: democracy, protest and reform - 2 Industrialis- ation and protest, c1785–c1870 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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