History A-Level
Cultural Shifts
What Cultural Shifts means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Cultural Shifts
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Prosperity spurred changing social attitudes and behaviour, fostering a more youth-oriented culture and early challenges to traditional deference.
Topics that use Cultural Shifts
- 2M Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906–1957 – 'Never had it so good'? 1951–1957 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
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