History A-Level
Class consciousness and conflict
What Class consciousness and conflict means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Widespread working class discontent fuelled protests against mechanisation and economic hardship, highlighting the deep social fractures caused by rapid economic transformation.
Topics that use Class consciousness and conflict
- 1F Industrialisation and the people: Britain, c1783–1885 – Government and a changing society, 1812–1832 (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Agricultural transformation
- Class Conflict
- Class conflict and alignment
- Continuity and change in government
- Economic fluctuations
- Government economic policy
- Industrialisation and technological change
- Laissez-faire versus protectionism
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