History GCSE
Bourgeois values
What Bourgeois values means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Bourgeois values
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
Values promoted by traditional Chinese culture, rooted in Confucianism, which threatened the communist revolution.
Topics that use Bourgeois values
- Option 32: Key topic 4: Life in Mao’s China, 1949–76 - 4 Cultural change (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- Censorship
- Cultural revolution
- Ideological control
- Religious persecution
- Confucianism
- Eight Model Plays
- Four Olds
- Jiang Qing
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