social change
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- Created on: 31-01-20 15:46
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- social change from 1951-64
- women
- average age on marriage were 21 and 75% of all women were married
- only 1 in 5 women worked
- family allowance which was paid to owmen was supposed to ensure that women did not need to work
- mortages and bank accounts were in mens name making women finincially dependent on their husbands
- although by the end of the period there were more women working it was still low and uncommon for married women
- teenagers
- young people had more free time and more money
- they were 10% of population in 1959 so were more economically imporant
- created sub cultures: teddy boys were linked with crime and delinquency
- they were replaced with the rockers then the mods who caught national attention with their fights
- race and immigration
- by 1958 about 210,000 commonwealth immigrants had settled in britain and 75% were men
- in the 1950s uk recieved a total of 676,000 immigrants seeking permanent residence while 1.32 britains left
- racical riots broke out in notting hill london
- there was outright racism from host comminities and resentment against immigration
- rising living standards
- in 1951 our infrastructure was run down and needed modernaisation. pre war slums were cleared and new towns built.
- mens wage was going up from 8.39 ti 15.35.
- increase in housing and car ownership
- food rationing eneded in 1954
- working class mans wage grew 95%
- the impact of affluence and comsumerism
- surge in ownership of comsumer goods such as washing machines brought on hire pruchase
- ITV launched in 1955- 10 million TV's in circulation by 1960
- affluence brought new leasire opportunity: 50% of the population watched TV in the evening
- car ownership rose by 25% in the 50s.
- between 1957-63 1200 miles of new or upgraded main roads were completed
- class and establishment
- in 1951 uk was a very comformist society with an ingrained respect for authority.
- clear class loyality especially in general elections
- the suez crisis which exposed the government lying and manipulation and the CND encouraging you to challange authoirty , there were signs of change
- the establishment was a term for informal networks that connected social and political elite
- the conservative governments were dominated by the establisment
- the profumo affair also saw a decline in deference by the newspapers
- also a satire boom of stage and tv shows critiziing and making fun of public figures
- women
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