History+ for Edexcel A Level: Communist states in the twentieth century
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English
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9781471837937
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Contents
Introduction
Paper 1 Russia, 1917–91: from Lenin to Yeltsin
Theme 1 Communist government in the USSR, 1917–85
1a: Establishing Communist Party control, 1917–24
1b: Stalin in power, 1928–53
1c: Reform, stability and stagnation, 1953–85
Theme 2 Industrial and agricultural change, 1917–85
2a: Towards a command economy, 1917–28
2b: Industry and agriculture in the Stalin era
2c: Changing economic priorities, 1953–85
Theme 3 Control of the people, 1917–85
3a: Media, propaganda and religion
3b: The secret police
3c: The state and cultural change
Theme 4 Social developments, 1917–85
4a: Social security
4b: Women and the family
4c: Education and young people
Historical interpretations
What explains the fall of the USSR, c.1985–91?
Paper 2 Mao’s China, 1949–76
The Big Picture
Key Topic 1 Establishing communist rule, 1949–57
Section 1: China in 1949
Section 2: The new power structure
Section 3: Defeating the CCP’s opponents
Section 4: China and the Korean War
Key Topic 2 Agriculture and industry, 1949–65
Section 1: Early changes in agriculture, 1949–57
Section 2: The communes
Section 3: The First Five-Year Plan, 1952–56
Section 4: The Second Five-Year Plan, 1958–62
Key Topic 3 The Cultural Revolution and its aftermath, 1966–76
Section 1: Mao’s reasons for launching the Cultural Revolution
Section 2: The Red Guards and Red Terror
Section 3: Attacks on Mao’s political and class enemies
Section 4: Winding down the Cultural Revolution, 1968–76
Key Topic 4 Social and cultural changes, 1949–76
Section 1: The changing status of women
Section 2: Education and health provision
Section 3: Cultural change
Section 4: Religion
Paper 2 The German Democratic Republic, 1949–90
The Big Picture
Key Topic 1 Establishing and consolidating communist rule in the GDR, 1949–61
Section 1: The post-war division of Germany
Section 2: The system of government
Section 3: Economic developments, 1949–61
Section 4: Defending the GDR, 1949–61
Key Topic 2 The development of the East German state, 1961–85
Section 1: Economic stabilisation after 1961
Section 2: The development of a GDR identity
Section 3: Relations with West Germany
Section 4: Growing international prestige
Key Topic 3 Life in East Germany, 1949–85
Section 1: Social change and welfare programmes
Section 2: Repression and control
Section 3: The SED and the Protestant Churches
Section 4: Western influences on the GDR
Key Topic 4 Growing crises and the collapse of communist rule in the GDR, 1985–90
Section 1: Economic stagnation in the 1980s
Section 2: Gorbachev’s influence
Section 3: The events of 1989
Section 4: The end of the GDR, 1989–90
Glossary
Acknowledgments
Answers
Index
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