Austerity Affluence

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Austerity Affluence
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• --the post-war transition
• By Dr. Kay Kemp
• CCSU

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1. The War Ends
2. Economic Changes
3. Cultural Changes
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The Home Front

• Dont you know theres a war on?

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Johnny comes marching home

• Reconversion

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Rosie goes home, too

• A New Look
• but an old status

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Baby Boom
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2. Economic Changes
1. The War Ends
3. Cultural Changes
3. Cultural Changes
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the Fair Deal

• Federal housing programs
• Employment reforms
• Tax cuts for the poor
• Federal funding for education
• Extending and expanding Social Security coverage
  
• Federal health care and health insurance programs
• New civil rights legislation

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Back on the job

• Employment Act of 1946
• Taft-Hartley Act of 1947

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G. I. Bill - 1944

• 500 annual tuition
• Plus 50- 75 Monthly allowance
• 2000 business loan
• 2000 home loan
• Cost 14.5 billion

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Home Ownership
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The American Dream House
"We are not builders. We are manufacturers."
Bill Levitt
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Getting there

• Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
• Limited Access

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From Goods to Services

• RD

ENIAC
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3. Cultural Changes
1. The War Ends
2. Economic Changes
2. Economic Changes
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An Age of Anxiety
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Women

• Whats missing?

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Polio

• Jonas Salk
• Albert Sabin

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Cigarettes
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Television
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Miniaturization

• William Shockley
• Transistor

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Another Awakening?
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The Beat generation

• Ferlinghetti
• Kerouac
• Ginsberg

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Rock Roll

• is here to stay

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Parallel lives

• What was the experience of black America?

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Overview 5WH

• Who? American veterans, women, blacks
• What? Profound changes in economy, demography and
  culture.
• When? Post-WW II
• Where? USA
• Why and How? Economic forces play a major role.

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Counter-factual history

• What if.