FASH 162 Lecture Notes - Swinging London, Good Friday Agreement, Clement Attlee
3 Jul 2020
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Three important developments: dissolution of the british empire, re-orientation (new special relationship with the. Usa: creation of a welfare state, especially since margret thatcher, integration (and leaving) the eu/european community. Clement attlee: labour pm, post-war till 1951; major industries (civil aviation, railway service etc. ) were nationalised, which means that they were now owned by the state, under margret. 1946: introduction of nhs (national health service) a free medical service for everyone, also national insurance system and inexpensive housing (=council housing) based on the viennese model of the 1920s. Post war debt rationing goods, however full employment, more leisure and wealth for the working class was achieved. Winston churchill was re-elected as prime minister in 1951 until. 1955, then followed by three conservative pm"s: eden, macmillan and douglas-home. New cultural activities, novelists: cary, durrell, wilson, murdoch. Drama: concept of the absurd the world doesn"t make sense , plays had no real plot, like for example samuel beckett"s waiting for godot .
