HIS 615 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Vichy France
23 Jan 2021
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Britain: rejection of the old order: winston churchill: called on during the war, becoming a great hero in britain because of his speeches, holding up moral, etc. Income wasn"t evenly distributed, so upward mobility was hard: youth rebellion in the consumer society lack of direction (cynicism, ex. Teddy boys": young men who dressed up in. 11/24/2020: population wants prosperity but doesn"t want society to change prosperity comes by 1960 by income is not event distributed, decline of the french empire: france losses morocco, tunisia, indo-china, Communist party: north and the south of italy disputes result in terrorism on the left and right, north was given a lot of the change and opportunity, where the south maintained in agricultural economy. Belgium and holland: areas fought over extensively and severely damaged during wwii: shiploads of people are moved from holland to north america because of overpopulation (government sponsored)
