ISBN:
0465010202
,
9780465010202
Language:
English
Pages:
XIII, 302 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
,
24 cm
Edition:
Fully rev. and updated 20th anniversary ed with a new post 9/11 epilogue
DDC:
306.850973/09045
Keywords:
Families History 20th century
;
Baby boom generation
;
USA
;
Familie
;
Geschichte 1950-1960
;
USA
;
Familie
;
Elfter September
;
Auswirkung
Abstract:
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
Description / 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249 - 288) and index
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