History A-Level
Land speculation
What Land speculation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Land speculation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Risky investment practice, notably the Florida land boom, which diverted capital into unsustainable property ventures.
Topics that use Land speculation
- Boom and crash, 1920–29 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- American literature
- Hire purchase
- Jazz Age
- Laissez-faire
- Limits to the boom
- Modernity versus traditionalism
- Nativism and political extremism
- The changing role of women
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