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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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May (history, Minnesota) seeks to reconcile two prevailing but contradictory images of the 1950s: the notion of domestic tranquility and happiness amidst the fears and tensions of the Cold War. She does so by locating American family life within the larger political culture and by arguing that the retreat to the privacy and security of the home was a response to the era's political insecurities. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including data on 300 couples, she finds ideological connections between Cold War policies and conservative social "norms." A provocative thesis that will stir debate. Marie Marmo Mullaney, Caldwell Coll., N.J.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket. First edition, first printing. [SOCIOLOGY]. Elaine Tyler May. "Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era [Signed and Inscribed]." New York: Basic Books. Printed in the USA, 1988. First edition, first printing. Signed and inscribed in ink by the author on the half-title: [To Jane - With thanks for all your help and interest - Fondly, Elaine 10.4.88]. English language. Hardcover with blue cloth boards stamped gold on spine, lacking jacket. Nonfiction academic sociological text on American family life during the Cold War in 9 chapters, with an introduction, appendices, notes, and index, as well as black-and-white photos. 9 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches. 22 oz. xii, 284 pp. Boards are faded and show sticker residue on spine and dark spot on front board. No jacket. Ownership signature in ink on front free endpaper. Text clean. Good. ISBN: 0465030548. "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.". Signed and Inscribed. Seller Inventory # 01451
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