HIS358H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Geopolitics, Mac King, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Postwar reconstruction: years of transition 1943-49, post-war period tends to end in 70s, because by that time things begins to change again, name that is given to this period is reconstruction: 1944-46 % sold off went from 40%-16: social policy: For almost 30 years the war was about to break out, but never did. 2/3: nato formation (1948, canada had played significant role in the genesis of this cold war mindset. Turned into staging area for naval activity economy was transformed large occupancy during war), or join canada. What does it mean: i. e. building that has fallen down, what was the vision, finds a particular image that these people had. Class based, elite: doesn"t make clear distinctions between paragraph bodies, middle of first page reconstructionism! , used to market products, allowed cultural critics to promote own brand of reconstruction, identifies three different elements of reconstruction:
