History A-Level
Urbanisation and Demographic Change
What Urbanisation and Demographic Change means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Urbanisation and Demographic Change
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Rapid growth of city populations as millions of immigrants and rural Americans flocked to expanding cities to provide cheap labour for corporate dominance.
Topics that use Urbanisation and Demographic Change
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