HIS358H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Hula Hoop, Cuban Missile Crisis, Baby Boom
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Failure of greenbook proposals because mckenzie government didn"t want to do it. Not as extensive as other countries did: reconstruction. Set of governmental programs and set of eutopian mindset. Effects multitude of government programs that weren"t called reconstruction . Transit commission decided to build subway for the future. Contained a confident and interventionalist government, as well as the public faith in government (government did good job of running war), acceptance of the government, dose of. Eutopianism, a burgeoning nationalism, productive/expanding industrial economy, faith in technology. Desire not to change keep things as they are. Erked by people that are adopting the new way. Will eventually change, but have to be convinced that it"s worth the change. Believed that the family should be responsible for welfare: but as soon as the state enters this, the family will no longer be in charge. People who believe that religious institutions should be responsible for social good were opposed to welfare state.
