History A-Level
Migration and skill transfer
What Migration and skill transfer means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Migration and skill transfer
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Migrant textile workers, notably from the Low Countries, brought skills and techniques that improved quality and variety.
Topics that use Migration and skill transfer
- Economic, social and cultural change, 1509–88 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Demographic change and population growth
- Education and print culture
- Land ownership, enclosure, and rural effects
- Patronage and cultural expression
- Urbanisation and the rise of the professional classes
- Wool and cloth trade
- London as commercial centre
- New draperies and innovation
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