History A-Level
mid-Victorian boom
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A period beginning in 1846 in which Britain became the 'workshop of the world', driven by technological supremacy in coal, iron and textiles.
Topics that use mid-Victorian boom
- 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 – Economy, society and politics, 1846–1885 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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