Social 51-57 Flashcards
(36 cards)
Britain 51 still a society shaped by what? how?
ww2
widespread visible damage and regional and class loyalties remain
what were class attitudes reinforced by?
stereotypes on radio and film
50s = period of growing … and culture of… + new ideas from …
affluence and consumerism and new ideas via tv and cinema
britains infrastructure was what and what other need was there?
run down, needing modernising and also need for housing development = war damage and neglect here
how did housing change?
pre war slums cleared and new towns built which were rapidly expanding
town centres found themselves seperate from suburbs by belt of dereliction
from 1952 all economic pointers pointed up how?
men’s weekly wages increasing 1951 £8.30 1961 £15.35
huge increase in personal savings
increase in home ownership
farmers did well economically because subsidies
what was outnumbering home ownership?
council homes and renting outnumbered substantially
obvious sign of new affluence? perpetuated by…
surge of ownership consumer goods
commercial TV 1955 ITV
affluence changed leisure and holidays how?
affluence meant boom in car ownership = demand roads, motorways and pushed housing further out
holiday camps peaked 60,000 a week at Butlins = paid time off + income
Queen coronation spurred people to buy TV, what % population watched it?
56%
1951 radio and tv combined licences? 1955?
1951 764,000
1955 over 4 million
how did TV change?
beginning 50’s was one channel but commercial TV came 1955, changed variety of programmes. by 1956 ITV and BBC show 12 dif USA comedies
people had more money and time than ever leading to…
hobbies such as DIY and gardening
what changed social attitudes
increase affluence, living standards and leisure
in 50’s first ever what?
How?
discernible your culture
more money and time + labour devices meaning girls out the house
how youth different to parents. what swelled number of teens
dressed different, music, went coffee bars not tea houses
baby boom post war
what created own youth culture
records and fashion and magazines and Tv directed to youth
what 3 youth groups were there
teddy boys
then rockers
then mods
attempt to breakdown censorship and taboo by what
british new wave
who attacked class system
angry young men
british new wave
1951 Britain was a … and … society
by mid 50’s? how society different?
deferential and conformist society
mid 50s switch in attitudes, w/c had more money than ever and got m/c things like cars and radios = challenged ideas of social class
TV and cinema increasingly aired ideas about what
social class
what undermined status of politicians and made UK a more individualist society
suez crisis
late 50’s saw novels attacked attitudes of u/c + m/c by who? limited impact?
angry young men.
class was challenged but not broken down
