Industrialisation and economic change
What Industrialisation and economic change means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Ulster industrialised unevenly, centred on Belfast linen and shipbuilding, with Robert Hickson and Andrew Mulholland playing key roles.
The growth of mining and manufacturing across roughly 137 years, from 1860 to 1997, traced through key developments.
Topics that use Industrialisation and economic change
- Paper 3, Option 36.2: Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923 - 2 Industrial- isation in Ulster, 1825–55 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
- Paper 3, Option 38.2: The making of modern China, 1860–1997 - 1 The growth of industry (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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