Homeward Bound : American Families in the

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.

Elaine Tyler May is Professor of American Studies and History at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of several books, including Barren in the Promised Land: Childless Americans and the Pursuit of Happiness and Great Expectations: Marriage and Divorce in Post-Victorian America.

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Containment at Home: Cold War, Warm Hearth	p. 10
Depression: Hard Times at Home	p. 30
War and Peace: Fanning the Home Fires	p. 49
Explosive Issues: Sex, Women, and the Bomb	p. 80
Brinkmanship: Sexual Containment on the Home Front	p. 100
Baby Boom and Birth Control: The Reproductive Consensus	p. 119
The Commodity Gap: Consumerism and the Modern Home	p. 143
Hanging Together: For Better or for Worse	p. 163
The End of Containment: The Baby Boom Comes of Age	p. 186
Postscript to the 1999 Edition	p. 205
Appendices	p. 209
Notes	p. 229
Index	p. 261
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Homeward Bound : American Families in the Cold War Era

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