HIS 1101 Lecture Notes - Capital Group Companies, Marshall Plan, Neo-Nationalism
19 Nov 2012
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The postwar years brought prosperity and growth to north america the depression and war forced canadians to postpone many events and purchases ie: university due to drafting, marriage because the couldn"t hope to support a family. It was difficult to buy a new car because factories were producing tanks and trucks instead of cars. War ending was like a dam bursting open (mid to late 1940s) The marshall plan (rebuild europe american funds to buy canadian goods) Britain is declining borderline bankrupt and suffered a lot of damage. A massive oil deposit was discovered in leduc, ab. Dwarfs all other oil discoveries to that date. Services sector (primary production, resource extraction, agriculture. Hundreds of thousands of immigrants entered in canada in the post war years. Most came from europe (photo of dutch immigrants headed to southern. Many had fled communist dictatorship (from poland, eastern germany) Immediate post war years, thousands of war brides are going to arrive in.
