Key term for OCR GCSE History A, used in China 1950–1981.
Small, crude blast furnaces built by peasants in rural areas to produce steel, symbolising the failed attempt to industrialise without modern technology.
Backyard furnaces appears in OCR GCSE History A revision content for Non-British Depth Studies, especially China 1950–1981 and Establishing Communism in China 1950–1965.
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