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9780465030545

Homeward Bound

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  • ISBN13:

    9780465030545

  • ISBN10:

    0465030548

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1988-09-01
  • Publisher: Basic Books

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Summary

Uncovering startling connections between the Cold War and its effect on American family life, this classic of Cold War literature challenges assumptions about the "happy days" of the 1950s.

Author Biography

Elaine Tyler May is Professor of American Studies and History at the University of Minnesota

Table of Contents

Acknowledgmentsp. vii
Introductionp. ix
Containment at Home: Cold War, Warm Hearthp. 10
Depression: Hard Times at Homep. 30
War and Peace: Fanning the Home Firesp. 49
Explosive Issues: Sex, Women, and the Bombp. 80
Brinkmanship: Sexual Containment on the Home Frontp. 100
Baby Boom and Birth Control: The Reproductive Consensusp. 119
The Commodity Gap: Consumerism and the Modern Homep. 143
Hanging Together: For Better or for Worsep. 163
The End of Containment: The Baby Boom Comes of Agep. 186
Postscript to the 1999 Editionp. 205
Appendicesp. 209
Notesp. 229
Indexp. 261
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