History A-Level
Social inequality and access
What Social inequality and access means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Social inequality and access
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Class, region and gender differences in access meant that new leisure was not experienced equally by all families.
Topics that use Social inequality and access
- Paper 3, Option 39.2: Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882–2004 - 2 Changing patterns of family leisure (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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