The Hungry 30s
- Created by: esmechallis
- Created on: 29-01-17 19:56
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- The Hungry Thirties
- Things that receded
- aristocratic dominance
- great country estates
- felt the impact of death duties + taxation
- large country homes
- turned into schools and convalescent homes
- domestic servants found other jobs
- The middle classes
- old outlooks and habits changing
- successful industrialists and politicians became peers of high society
- Live in maids replaced with 'daily help'
- contraception limited family sizes
- not approved by church until 1930
- Culture
- emphasis on youth, fashion + entertainment
- nightclubs opened
- drinking cocktails + smoking
- open about sex
- divorce legislation made separation more accepted
- Economy
- ease of access to new commodities of mass markets
- increased aspirations of wealth
- the haves and have nots
- those who could indulge in the new economy
- those who suffered conditions of distressed areas
- empathetic understanding of poverty
- national responsibility to achieve an egalitarian society
- ease of access to new commodities of mass markets
- Things that receded
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