History A-Level
Social and cultural continuity and change
What Social and cultural continuity and change means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Social and cultural continuity and change
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Legal reforms often outpaced social reality, and traditional expectations of obedience and domesticity persisted, especially in rural areas.
Topics that use Social and cultural continuity and change
- Social and cultural changes, 1949–76 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Attacks on Buddhism and Confucianism
- Barefoot doctors
- Cultural revolution and destruction of tradition
- Gender equality and legal reform
- Healthcare provision
- Jiang Qing and revolutionary model operas
- Persecution of Christianity and Islam
- Pinyin
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