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2. The extent and nature of Soviet control
In the years 1945 to 1950, Stalin established political control over the eastern and central European states; he also tied them economically to the USSR and, via the Warsaw Pact, secured military control....
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Industrial Britain
Between 1750 and 1850 Britain became an industrialised country; the lives of people changed dramatically during this period which is known as the ‘industrial revolution’. The innovations in industry had...
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c. Cultural change
The Industrial Revolution had profound cultural consequences - dramatically changing the way people went about their lives. They went from making goods by hand to making goods by machine; instead of...
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d. Political change
The development of the factory system meant radical changes in people's working and living conditions. This led to workers also challenging the existing political situation - trying to set up trade unions...
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b. Economic and environmental change
Innovations in technology led to radical changes in the quantities of iron and coal that could be produced, and this in turn changed the nature of manufacturing. Britain became ‘the workshop of the world’...
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6. Nations affected by Cold War tensions: West Germany
West Germany works well as an example of a nation whose economic, social and cultural policies were impacted by Cold War superpower rivalry. On this page we have covered aspects of the West German economy,...
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3. How were the innovations resisted?
Innovation in the Industrial Revolution in Britain was primarily resisted by workers threatened by losing their livelihoods. Inquiry question: How were the innovations resisted? Lines of Inquiry What...
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1. Why did technological innovations emerge?
From the mid 18th Century to the end of the 19th Century, Britain underwent a dramatic technological and economic revolution; this was due to several key factors which worked together to make Britain...
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3. How were the innovations resisted?
Japan’s change from a closed feudal society to a modern industrial state took place very quickly and generated intense opposition from groups and classes displaced and disadvantaged by revolutionary change....
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a. What were the key innovations?
As mentioned on the previous page, the industrial revolution occurred in Britain due to a range of factors; one of these was the actions of inventors and entrepreneurs whose innovations transformed the...