History A-Level
Urban settlement and community building
What Urban settlement and community building means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Urban settlement and community building
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Mass migration into Harlem from 1905 made it a centre of black life, while discrimination confined settlement to particular streets and blocks.
Topics that use Urban settlement and community building
- Paper 3, Option 39.1: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 - 1 The changing geography of civil rights issues (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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