Regional inequality
What Regional inequality means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Profound social and regional divisions in 1930s Britain, contrasting mass unemployment and declining living standards in traditional industrial areas with rising working opportunities in the Midlands and South East.
A stark regional divide existed between the relatively prosperous South and the depressed North, with traditional heavy industries stagnating while new industries thrived in the Midlands.
Stark regional contrasts during the Depression, with severe unemployment in the North and Wales but relative prosperity and growth in the Midlands and South East.
Prosperous suburbs in the South East contrasted with depressed areas in South Wales, Scotland and Northern England.
Topics that use Regional inequality
- 1G Challenge and transformation: Britain, c1851–1964 – The Great War and its impact, 1914–1939 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- 2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957 – only) The 'Hungry Thirties', 1929–1939 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- The changing quality of life, 1918–79 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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