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Homeward bound:

American families in the Cold War era
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BasicBooks, 1988 - Social Science - 269 pages
In the 1950s, the term ”containment” referred to the foreign policy-driven containment of Communism and atomic proliferation. Yet in Homeward Bound May demonstrates that there was also a domestic version of containment where the ”sphere of influence” was the home. Within its walls, potentially dangerous social forces might be tamed, securing the fulfilling life to which postwar women and men aspired. Homeward Bound tells the story of domestic containment - how it emerged, how it affected the lives of those who tried to conform to it, and how it unraveled in the wake of the Vietnam era’s assault on Cold War culture, when unwed mothers, feminists, and ”secular humanists” became the new ”enemy.” This revised and updated edition includes the latest information on race, the culture wars, and current cultural and political controversies of the post-Cold War era.

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User Review  - Roy Rogers - Goodreads

excellent overview of the reactionary gender/family of the 1950s and early 1960s. key argument is that "Cold War" era gender norms were new, not a return to traditionalism. perhaps a bit too aggressively argued at moments, but generally quite powerful and convincing. Read full review

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User Review  - Michele - Goodreads

Not my favorite era in history, but this was a very readable book. Read full review

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About the author (1988)

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.

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