History A-Level
Regional economic diversity and specialisation
What Regional economic diversity and specialisation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Economic regions diversified, with Lancashire specialising in cotton, Yorkshire in wool, the Midlands in metalworking, and London in finance and commerce.
Topics that use Regional economic diversity and specialisation
- Paper 1, Option 1D: Britain, c1785–c1870: democracy, protest and reform - 2 Industrialis- ation and protest, c1785–c1870 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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