History GCSE
Social control and forced migration
What Social control and forced migration means in History GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Social control and forced migration
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The 'Up to the mountains and down to the villages' campaign exiled millions of radicalised urban youths to remote rural areas to learn from the peasants, effectively ending their political influence.
Topics that use Social control and forced migration
- Option 32: Key topic 3: The Cultural Revolution and its aftermath, 1966–76 - 4 The end of the Cultural Revolution, 1968–76 (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
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