WELD 174AB Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Nuclear Warfare, The Affluent Society, Washing Machine
19 Jul 2020
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The age of affluence and the global cold war . Challenges of the return to peace: 1950s usa the decade stretches beyond the 10 years (can mean anywhere from. It was a time of security: women were pushed into the home after the war, african americans struggle for equality accelerated, age of anxiety. The limits of social reform: taft-hartley labour act 1947, congressional legislation that allowed employers to campaign against efforts to form unions, there was a push from liberals to continue into the post-war era with new. The affluent society era: nearly 60% of americans achieved a middle-class standard of living by the mid- Issues of the suburbs barely scratches the surface of issues such as race, gender, class: suburbia was 96% white. Issue of sex- and race-based inequality was simmering age of affluence takes it too far didn"t apply to all.
