History A-Level
Opposition and controversy
What Opposition and controversy means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Opposition and controversy
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Critics claimed female cycling was immodest, medically harmful or sexually provocative, and the craze faced moral panics and social criticism.
Topics that use Opposition and controversy
- 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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- Clarion Cycling Clubs
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- Leisure pursuits
- Social and cultural change
- Social emancipation
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