History GCSE
Redistribution
What Redistribution means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Redistribution
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The process in which land, tools and livestock were confiscated and given among the poorer peasants, temporarily creating private peasant ownership.
Topics that use Redistribution
- Option 32: Key topic 2: Economic policy, 1949–65 - 1 Early changes in agriculture, 1949–57 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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- Economic planning and industrialisation
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