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Britain's Social Transformation: A Historical Perspective

Explore Britain's post-1945 evolution - from imperial power to diverse society. Analyze demographic shifts, cultural impact of immigration, and changes in moral codes and policies.

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Britain's Social Transformation: A Historical Perspective

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  1. How socially diverse is Britain? A historical picture L/O: How had Britain changed and what impact has this had on the diversification of identities? Has anything stayed the same? What do you think? Which single event in British social history has had the greatest impact on our society today?

  2. Post-1945, Britain quickly relinquished its status as the world's largest imperial power, but it was the massive cultural and social changes at home that truly transformed British society. • Britain and the British have changed profoundly since 1945. A principal driver of change has been a major growth in population, matched by rapidly rising expectations about lifestyle. • Demands for mobility (cars) and space (houses) have ensured the transfer of land from agriculture and natural landscape to roads and housing, with multiple consequences for the environment and for the human experience. • Large-scale immigration has made the population ethnically far more diverse, with important cultural consequences. • The composition of the population has undergone a marked transformation, due primarily to advances in medicine. In line with a general trend around the developed world, life expectancy has risen greatly for both men and women. • This has meant that the average age has risen, a process accentuated by the extent to which the birth rate has remained static. • Furthermore, large-scale immigration, particularly from the West Indies and South Asia, but also from other areas such as Eastern Europe, has made the population ethnically far more diverse, with important cultural consequences. • In 1970 there were about 375,000 Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs in Britain. By 1993 the figure was about 1,620,000, with the rise in the number of Muslims being particularly pronounced. Professor Jeremy Black, Professor of History at Exeter University

  3. Four key areas... • Study your handouts on: • Moral codes • Domestic policies • End of Empire • Manufacturing and consider, ready to feed back: • What has changed since 1945 • What has continued since 1945 For the whole class: how has this impacted on identity and ideas of citizenship?

  4. Moral codes • Domestic policies • End of Empire • Manufacturing

  5. Over to you... How have each of these areas affected you as a British citizen? Label and explain

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