History A-Level
Clarion Cycling Clubs
What Clarion Cycling Clubs means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Clarion Cycling Clubs
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Linked to the socialist Clarion newspaper, they combined cycling with propaganda, distributing leaflets and holding meetings in rural areas.
Topics that use Clarion Cycling Clubs
- Paper 3, Option 34.1: Industrialisation and social change in Britain, 1759–1928: forging a new society - 4 John Kemp Starley: cycles, cycling clubs and emancipation, 1885–1901 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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