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From hardship to uneven prosperity

From hardship to uneven prosperity

Timeline of Britain's move from Depression hardship through wartime planning and welfare reform to uneven prosperity by 1957

An affluent society is one in which many people enjoy rising real wages, more consumer goods and better living standards. In Britain, 1929–1957 is a story of movement from mass unemployment, through total war and welfare reform, to broader but uneven prosperity.

The emergence of the Affluent Society, 1929–1957 (A-level only) Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /History
  3. /The emergence of the Affluent Society, 1929–1957 (A-level only)

Step-by-step lessons on AQA A Level History The emergence of the Affluent Society, 1929–1957 (A-level only). Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.

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