History A-Level
Ideology and propaganda
What Ideology and propaganda means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Ideology and propaganda
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Imperial ideology embedded into everyday British life through popular culture, advertising and education that reinforced racial hierarchies and celebrated imperial heroes.
Topics that use Ideology and propaganda
- 1J The British Empire, c1857–1967 – Imperial consolidation and Liberal rule, c1890–1914 (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Colonial Administration and Reform
- Direct versus Indirect Rule
- Formal versus Informal Empire
- Free trade
- Imperial consolidation
- Imperial overstretch and vulnerability
- Indigenous resistance and suppression
- Invisible earnings
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