History A-Level
Moral vs economic causes of poverty
What Moral vs economic causes of poverty means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Smiles' implication that destitution was a moral failing, contrasted with Mayhew's evidence of systemic economic causes of poverty.
Topics that use Moral vs economic causes of poverty
- Paper 3, Option 34.2: Poverty, public health and the state in Britain, c1780–1939 - 3 The government, self-help and charity, 1847–80 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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