History A-Level
The urban-rural divide
What The urban-rural divide means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of The urban-rural divide
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A stark divide in which industrialisation favoured cities while collectivisation devastated the countryside, exploiting the peasantry to fund urban industrialisation.
Topics that use The urban-rural divide
- 2N Revolution and dictatorship: Russia, 1917–1953 – Stalinism, politics and control, 1929–1941 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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