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History+ for Edexcel A Level: Nationalism, dictatorship and democracy in twentieth-century Europe
Mark Gosling, Andrew Flint, Peter Clements, Robin Bunce, Sarah Ward
History+ for Edexcel A Level: Nationalism, dictatorship and democracy in twentieth-century Europe
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Exam Board: Edexcel
Level: AS/A-level
Subject: History
First Teaching: September 2015
First Exam: June 2016

Endorsed for Edexcel

Enable your students to develop high-level skills in their Edexcel A level History breadth and depth studies through expert narrative and extended reading, including bespoke essays from leading academics


- Build a strong understanding of the period studied with authoritative, well-researched content written in an accessible and engaging style

- Ensure continual improvement in students' essay writing, interpretation and source analysis skills, using practice questions and trusted guidance on successfully answering exam-style questions

- Encourage students to undertake rolling revision and self-assessment by referring to end-of-chapter summaries and diagrams across the years

- Help students monitor their progress and consolidate their knowledge through note-making activities and peer-support tasks

- Provide students with the opportunity to analyse and evaluate works of real history, with specially commissioned historians' essays and extracts from academic works on the historical interpretations

Language
English
ISBN
9781471837647
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Title Page
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Contents
Introduction
Note-making
Paper 1 Germany and West Germany, 1918–89
Theme 1 Political and governmental change, 1918–89
1a The creation and collapse of the Weimar Republic, 1918–33
1b Nazi dictatorship, 1933–45
1c Return to democratic government, 1945–89
Theme 2 Opposition, control and consent, 1918–89
2a Opposition to government, 1918–89
2b Controlling the people, 1918–89
2c Popular support and political persuasion, 1918–89
Theme 3 Economic development and policies, 1918–89
3a Reacting to economic challenges, 1918–32
3b Controlling the economy, 1933–45
3c Creating a social market economy, 1945–89
Theme 4 Aspects of life in Germany and West Germany, 1918–89
4a Attitudes towards women, 1918–89
4b Education and cultural developments, 1918–89
4c Attitudes towards ethnic minorities, 1918–89
Historical interpretations
How far was Hitler’s foreign policy responsible for the Second World War?
1 The influence of German history on Nazi foreign policy
2 Hitler’s role in shaping foreign policy: master planner or opportunist?
3 Why did Germany invade Poland in 1939?
4 The contribution of other nations to the outbreak of war
Paper 2 The rise and fall of fascism in Italy, c1911–46
Key topic 1 The Liberal State, c1911–18
Section 1: Italy in the early twentieth century
Section 2: Giolitti’s government in 1911
Section 3: Growing instability, 1912–14
Section 4: Impact of the First World War
Key topic 2 The rise of Mussolini and the creation of a Fascist dictatorship, 1919–26
Section 1: Post-war challenges to the Liberal State
Section 2: Mussolini and the development of Fascism
Section 3: Mussolini’s rise to power, 1920–22
Section 4: The creation of a Fascist dictatorship, 1922–26
Key topic 3 The Fascist State, 1925–40
Section 1: Consent and control
Section 2: Relationship with political and economic interests
Section 3: Economic and social policies
Section 4: Relationship with the Catholic Church
Key topic 4 Challenges to and the fall of the Fascist State, c1935–46
Section 1: Italy’s international standing in 1935
Section 2: Italy’s foreign policy, 1935–40
Section 3: Impact of the Second World War, 1940–43
Section 4: The restoration of democracy
Paper 2 Spain, 1930–78: republicanism, Francoism and the re-establishment of democracy
Key topic 1 Creation and destabilisation of the Second Republic, 1930–36
Section 1: The creation of the Republic 1930–31
Section 2: Years of reform 1931–33
Section 3: Years of reaction 1933–36
Section 4: The failure of the Popular Front, 1936
Key topic 2 The Spanish Civil War: 1936–39
Section 1: Spain at the outbreak of war, July 1936
Section 2: The course of the war
Section 3: Life during the war
Section 4: Reasons for the Nationalist victory
Key topic 3 Establishing Franco’s dictatorship, 1938–56
Section 1: Creation of the ‘new state’
Section 2: Controlling society
Section 3: Economic development
Section 4: The dictatorship and foreign relations, 1939–56
Key topic 4 Dictatorship remodelled and transition to democracy, 1956–78
Section 1: Economic and social change, 1956–75
Section 2: Political developments, 1956–75
Section 3: Planning and managing succession
Section 4: Transition to democracy
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Index
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