Sentences with phrase «century after the second world war»

For nearly a half century after the Second World War, the cohort of....

For nearly a half century after the Second World War, the cohort of babies born between 1946 and 1964 profoundly transformed American culture and society» from parenting styles and media consumption to attitudes toward government and authority and sexuality.

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The Indonesian proclamation of independence on August 17, 1945, right after the Second World War, was followed by the 5 - year war of liberation against the Dutch Colonial Regime which colonized Indonesia for more than three and a half centuriWar, was followed by the 5 - year war of liberation against the Dutch Colonial Regime which colonized Indonesia for more than three and a half centuriwar of liberation against the Dutch Colonial Regime which colonized Indonesia for more than three and a half centuries.

«To try and compare Hitler and the Nazis - the millions of people who died in the Second World War, the Holocaust - with the free democracies of Europe coming together to trade and co-operate, and in the process to help to bring peace to the continent of Europe after centuries of war, is frankly deeply offensive.&raqWar, the Holocaust - with the free democracies of Europe coming together to trade and co-operate, and in the process to help to bring peace to the continent of Europe after centuries of war, is frankly deeply offensive.&raqwar, is frankly deeply offensive.»

It was only in this century, and especially after the second World War, that wide - ranging social security systems were implemented with the idea that all «necessary care» should be free.

Given the current state of global tensions, at their most intense since the period leading up to the Second World War, one might hope that the filmmaker would make an honest attempt to explore the Pandora's box of Zamperini's story, which involves, after all, some of the major events of the 20th century and some of the major powers.

The castle which gave its name to the city after the Second World War is 17th century (built on the site of a 14th century one) and is surrounded by classic wood - beamed, white - painted German houses.

Nonetheless, the sport reached its peak during the latter half of the 19th century, when over 20 packs were hunting in Britain, but it essentially died out after the Second World War.

This exhibition brings together works by artists living in Britain after the Second World War who were working in the field of constructivism, an international movement which emerged almost exactly a century ago in Continental Europe.

Organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, this exhibition is the second stop on a three city tour.More than one hundred pieces, from paintings to sculptures are included in this exhibition of the career and life of the artist Henry O. Tanner (1859 - 1937)- including Tanner's upbringing in Philadelphia in the years after the Civil War, the artist's success as an American expatriate artist at the highest levels of the International art world at the turn of the 20th century; Tanner's role as a leader of an artist's colony in the rural France and his unique contributions in aid of American servicemen to the Red Cross efforts in WWI France and his modernist invigoration of religious painting deeply rooted in his own faith.

After the Second World War, the name Jean Lurçat dominates the history of twentieth - century tapestry — once a prized craft of Northern Europe, the tapestry industry had lost its distinctive characteristics and with it, its creative inspiration.

She founded three of the most important avant - garde galleries of the 20th century: Guggenheim Jeune, in London's Cork Street, which brought surrealism to London before the second world war; Art of This Century, which opened in New York in 1942 after Peggy's return to the US; and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice - which still houses her personal collection in the palazzo where she ended hecentury: Guggenheim Jeune, in London's Cork Street, which brought surrealism to London before the second world war; Art of This Century, which opened in New York in 1942 after Peggy's return to the US; and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice - which still houses her personal collection in the palazzo where she ended heCentury, which opened in New York in 1942 after Peggy's return to the US; and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice - which still houses her personal collection in the palazzo where she ended her life.

It suggests that he has missed the fundamental point — the fundamental point — about the new epoch: that the functioning of the Earth system has changed, and that it changed at the end of the 18th century; or, if we want to be absolutely certain, in the decades after the Second World War.

century, large - scale production did not begin until after the Second World War, and plastics made from fossil hydrocarbons grew to become the third biggest manmade fabric output, after cement and steel.

Although polymers such as Bakelite appeared early in the 20th century, large - scale production did not begin until after the Second World War, and plastics made from fossil hydrocarbons grew to become the third biggest manmade fabric output, after cement and steel.

While it is possible to trace Chambers» origins back to the early part of the Twentieth Century (when it is thought to have been based in Hare Court), its period of sustained success dates from after the Second World War.