Homeward Bound: American Families in the Cold War Era

When Homeward Bound first appeared in 1988, it forever changed how we understand Cold War America. Elaine Tyler May demonstrated that the Atomic Age and the Cold War shaped American life not just in national politics, but at every level of society, from the boardroom to the bedroom. Her notion of "domestic containment" is now the standard interpretation of the era, and Homeward Bound has become a classic. This new edition includes an updated introduction and a new epilogue examining the legacy of Cold War obsessions with personal and family security in the present day.

• The Unfinished Journey: America Since World War II
• The Cold War: A New History
• Before Night Falls: A Memoir
• Born for Liberty
• Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media
• Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940
• The River of No Return: The Autobiography of a Black Militant and the Life and Death of SNCC
• Promises to Keep: The United States Since World War II
• What I Saw at the Revolution: A Political Life in the Reagan Era
• Major Problems in American History Since 1945