History A-Level
Social investigation and journalism
What Social investigation and journalism means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Social investigation and journalism
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Mayhew's use of empirical research and interviews to demonstrate that poverty was often caused by low wages and irregular work rather than moral failure.
Topics that use Social investigation and journalism
- Paper 3, Option 34.2: Poverty, public health and the state in Britain, c1780–1939 - 3 The government, self-help and charity, 1847–80 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Andover workhouse scandal
- Laissez-faire and self-reliance
- Literature as social commentary
- Local Government Board
- Moral vs economic causes of poverty
- Parliamentary Reform Act 1867
- Poor Law Board
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