History A-Level
Industrialisation and technological change
What Industrialisation and technological change means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Industrialisation and technological change
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A continuing process in which rapid developments in key industries and the adoption of steam power shifted production from domestic settings to large-scale factories.
Topics that use Industrialisation and technological change
- 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 – Government and a changing society, 1812–1832 (AQA A-Level)
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