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Again, a genuine question:
Why consider 'modern' to be after the Second World War instead of after the first? Did British society change more dramatically after WWII than after WWI?
It was a time of huge social change, the change from goverments being led by public school educated men to grammer school educated men and women, the move to comprehensive schools, raising the school leaving age from 14 to 16, entering (eventually) the EEC, the 3 say week and Winter of Discontent when Britain was "ungovernable", Thatcherism and the privitisation of huge swathes of industry and national inafrastructure, the "peace" that followed WW2, race riots, terrorism, anarchists, blah, blah
Yes, I got that there were enornmous changes for Britain after WWII, but do you think that these changes in the 20 years after WWII were more significant than those in the 20 years between WWI and WWII?
Creation of the NHS.
Declining importance on the world stage.
The end of the British Empire.
The coronation of Liz.
Suez, Aden, Malaya the Cold War.
Nationalisation of many indistries.
Yup, seems like some major events there in the 20 years since the end of WW2.
i like this kind of historical discussion.
For history people in France, there seem to be a real change in society, in the way of thinking, in economy, politics, science, AFTER WWII.
Most historian tend to say that the 19th century ended not in 1900 but in 1918, but that 20th century only began in 1945.
There are many time in history throughout the ages, were a new era start at a date that don't suit perfectly the century
(for example, most media tend to say that Middle Age end with the fall of Constantinople in 1453; some others with the discovery of America in 1492; but historian tend to think that middle age ended with war of religions, that mean around 1580 ! or maybe there was a kind of inter-era between Middle age and Modern history of 100 years, ending toward 1560-1580).
The history after 1789 would not be "modern" but "Contemporary.
Anyway, back to our subject: the "modern contemporary" has probably started with the fall of colonial empire, arising of new powers, arising of new form of policy, the so-called "end of fascism" powers, and many much more facts.
Just my thoughts and point of vue.
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