History A-Level

Reception and public opinion

What Reception and public opinion means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.

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Using evidence such as sales, censorship and adaptation to judge the relative weight of shaping versus reflecting for each text.

Pearson Edexcel · Paper 3, Option 39.1: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 - 2 Changing portrayal of civil rights issues in fiction and film (study guide)

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Paper 3, Option 39.1: Civil rights and race relations in the USA, 1850–2009 - 2 Changing portrayal of civil rights issues in fiction and film (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)

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