History A-Level
State-building and infrastructure
What State-building and infrastructure means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of State-building and infrastructure
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Road building in the 1930s increased, though often for military and administrative control, and these developments improved state control.
Topics that use State-building and infrastructure
- Paper 3, Option 38.2: The making of modern China, 1860–1997 - 1 The growth of industry (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Foreign influence and imperialism
- Industrialisation and economic change
- Regional inequality and market integration
- Technology and infrastructure
- Technology transfer and modernisation
- Foreign influence and economic dependency
- State planning and central direction
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