Practice question · Multiple choice
British industrialisation is often described as dualistic rather than ubiquitous. What does this distinction imply about early national growth?
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- Where was mechanisation concentrated before 1830?
- How does aggregate GDP growth compare with sectoral output?
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C. Rapid expansion was confined to dynamic sectors rather than broad
Why
Dualism highlights that rapid mechanisation in cotton and iron coexisted with a vast, slow-growing traditional sector. It does not imply that aggregate output was static or that traditional trades and wages modernised in tandem.
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