HIST 260 Lecture Notes - Judy Lamarsh, International Business, Baby Boomers
12 Oct 2012
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Baby boomers, canada & women come of age. Baby boomers reach adulthood university boom. Most affluent and well educated group canada has ever had. American mass culture overcomes british colonial attachment. Immigration becomes entwined with nationalism: large influx of immigrants. A sense to create a new nation becomes alive: from the 60s to "82, part of the culture was creating a new canada. The new canadian flag was part of the deal. Women began to see themselves as an oppressed group. U. s. was wanting to re-establish its empire after the war: proxy wars. Women are not supposed to be assimilated because of their sex. Rosemary brown ran for the leadership of the ndp. There is a questioning of the generation in charge. International business is becoming worrisome in canada because canadians feel that others are taking over the economy. We see a lot of divorces after wwii.
