History A-Level
Rent strikes and collective action
What Rent strikes and collective action means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Rent strikes and collective action
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Organised withholding of rent as a protest, often linked to demands for fair rent and secure tenure.
Topics that use Rent strikes and collective action
- Paper 3, Option 36.2: Ireland and the Union, c1774–1923 - 4 The Irish land issue, 1870–82 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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