Homeward bound : American families in the Cold War era / Elaine Tyler May.

"When Homeward Bound first appeared in 1988, it altered the way we understood Cold War America. The post-World War II era was thought of as a time when Americans turned away from politics to enjoy the fruits of peace and prosperity, while their leaders remained preoccupied with the dangers of t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	May, Elaine Tyler (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2008]
Edition:	Fully revised and updated 20th anniversary edition :
Subjects:	Since 1900 Baby boom generation > United States. Families > United States > History > 20th century. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Alternative Family. FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Reference. Baby boom generation Families Social conditions United States > Social conditions > 1945- United States History
Online Access:	Click for online access

Table of 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
Epilogue : Echoes of the Cold War : the aftermath of September 11, 2001.

Homeward bound : American families in the Cold War era / Elaine Tyler May.

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