History GCSE
Economic planning and industrialisation
What Economic planning and industrialisation means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Economic planning and industrialisation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The First Five-Year Plan demanded rapid industrialisation, and the state needed to extract more grain from the countryside to feed urban workers.
Topics that use Economic planning and industrialisation
- Option 32: Key topic 2: Economic policy, 1949–65 - 1 Early changes in agriculture, 1949–57 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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