RELS 510 Lecture Notes - Marshall Plan, Meritocracy, Thorstein Veblen
16 Apr 2013
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He describes the end of world war ii as the golden age". The five major forces behind economic growth, building of urban societies, expansion of mass production, the baby boom", american investment in rebuilding west europe and the implementation of keynesian economic policies. After the war, male veterans and their partners. For the people of that period, an ideal" family is when there is a male breadwinner and a stay at home mom and also a detached house with a small yard. According to hobshawm, the period of 1950"s is full of promises and opportunities as leaders view freedom, democracy and well- being as goals that can be turned into realities. As a result of all these changes, he argues that the boomers" should retrace history and discover the great cultural war that expanded liberty. His study documents the ways that the boomers" renew institutions, rewrite norms and provide more freedom.
