post-war Britain

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Post-war Britain refers to the United Kingdom in the decades following World War II, marked by social change, economic reconstruction, the welfare state’s expansion, and shifting class and cultural attitudes.

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Statements (89)

Predicate Object
instanceOf era in United Kingdom history ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
characteristic changing class structure ⓘ
economic reconstruction ⓘ
expansion of the welfare state ⓘ
growth of mass consumer culture ⓘ
rise of multicultural society in Britain ⓘ
social mobility ⓘ
urban redevelopment ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
followed Britain during World War II ⓘ
hasPart Abortion Act 1967 ⓘ
Attlee ministry ⓘ
linked to: Attlee government

BBC television expansion ⓘ
Beveridge Report implementation ⓘ
British Invasion ⓘ
British welfare state expansion ⓘ
Butler education reforms ⓘ
Butskellism ⓘ
Callaghan government ⓘ
Cold War in the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Cold War

Conservative governments of the 1950s ⓘ
Education Act 1944 ⓘ
Enoch Powell's Rivers of Blood speech ⓘ
European integration of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Festival of Britain ⓘ
Heath government ⓘ
Labour landslide of 1945 ⓘ
Major government ⓘ
Marshall Plan aid to the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Marshall Plan

National Health Service ⓘ
National Health Service Act 1946 ⓘ
National Insurance Act 1946 ⓘ
New Labour era ⓘ
linked to: New Labour project

New Towns movement ⓘ
North–South divide in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Notting Hill race riots ⓘ
Race Relations Act 1965 ⓘ
Race Relations Act 1968 ⓘ
Race Relations Act 1976 ⓘ
Second-wave feminism in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Suez Crisis ⓘ
Swinging Sixties ⓘ
Thatcher governments ⓘ
Thatcherism ⓘ
Troubles in Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: The Troubles

Wilson governments ⓘ
Windrush generation ⓘ
Winter of Discontent ⓘ
abolition of National Service in the United Kingdom ⓘ
abolition of the death penalty in the United Kingdom ⓘ
austerity in the United Kingdom ⓘ
comprehensive schools in the United Kingdom ⓘ
consumer society in Britain ⓘ
council housing in the United Kingdom ⓘ
creation of the National Health Service by Aneurin Bevan ⓘ
decline of British manufacturing ⓘ
decline of the British Empire ⓘ
decolonisation of the British Empire ⓘ
deindustrialisation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
end of rationing in the United Kingdom ⓘ
entry of the United Kingdom into the European Communities ⓘ
formation of the Commonwealth of Nations ⓘ
formation of the National Health Service ⓘ
grammar schools in the United Kingdom ⓘ
immigration from South Asia to the United Kingdom ⓘ
immigration from the Caribbean to the United Kingdom ⓘ
legalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales ⓘ
miners' strike of 1984–1985 ⓘ
popular music revolution in Britain ⓘ
post-war consensus ⓘ
post-war housing in the United Kingdom ⓘ
post-war immigration to the United Kingdom ⓘ
privatisation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
race relations legislation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
rise of Scottish nationalism ⓘ
rise of Welsh nationalism ⓘ
rise of neoliberalism in the United Kingdom ⓘ
rise of television in the United Kingdom ⓘ
rise of the service economy in the United Kingdom ⓘ
rise of the welfare state in the United Kingdom ⓘ
sexual revolution in the United Kingdom ⓘ
social liberalisation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
sterling crisis ⓘ
youth subcultures in the United Kingdom ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Europe ⓘ
religion predominantly Christian society ⓘ
startTime 1945 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Till Death Us Do Part → setInPeriod → post-war Britain ⓘ
Disabled → setting → post-war Britain ⓘ
Demob → hasTheme → post-war Britain ⓘ
Lord Addison → participatedIn → British government after World War II ⓘ
linked to: post-war Britain
Dance with a Stranger → setInPeriod → post-war Britain ⓘ
The Whitsun Weddings → setting → postwar England ⓘ
linked to: post-war Britain
Mr Farraday → timePeriod → post-World War II England ⓘ
linked to: post-war Britain
John Steed → setting → Cold War-era Britain ⓘ
linked to: post-war Britain
Mojo → period → post-war Britain ⓘ
A Month in the Country → subject → post-war England ⓘ
linked to: post-war Britain
British Electricity Authority → operatedIn → post-war Britain ⓘ
subject linked to: BEA
When I Was a Nipper → mainSubject → post-war Britain ⓘ
Lucky Jim → timePeriodOfSetting → post-World War II Britain ⓘ
linked to: post-war Britain
The Shell Guides → associatedWith → post-war Britain ⓘ
Eating People is Wrong → settingPeriod → postwar Britain ⓘ
linked to: post-war Britain
The Galloping Major → timePeriodOfSetting → post-war Britain ⓘ
Resistance Through Rituals → subject → post-war Britain ⓘ
The Stuart Hall Project → portraysTimePeriod → post-war Britain ⓘ