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Homeward bound : American families in the Cold War era / Elaine Tyler May.
LIBRA HQ535 .M387 2008
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- May, Elaine Tyler.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Families--United States--History--20th century.
- Families.
- United States.
- History.
- United States--Social conditions--1945-.
- Social conditions.
- Baby boom generation--United States.
- Baby boom generation.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 302 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Fully revised and updated twentieth anniversary edition / with a new post 9/11 epilogue.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Basic Books, [2008]
- Summary:
- In Homeward Bound, noted historian Elaine Tyler May uncovers startling connections between the Cold War and family life, challenging assumptions of the "happy days" of the 1950s. This new edition includes up-to-date information and references throughout, with an epilogue that examines the legacy of the Cold War since September 11th, 2001.
- Contents:
- Containment at home : Cold War, warm hearth
- Depression : hard times at home
- War and peace : fanning the home fires
- Explosive issues : sex, women, and the bomb
- Brinkmanship : sexual containment on the home front
- Baby boom and birth control : the reproductive consensus
- The commodity gap : consumerism and the modern home
- Hanging together : for better or for worse
- The end of containment : the baby boom comes of age.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-288) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780465010202
- 0465010202
- OCLC:
- 221665035
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