No direction home : the American family and the fear of national decline, 1968-1980 / Natasha Zaretsky.

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2007], ©2007.

xii, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-304) and index.

Introduction -- Homeward unbound : prisoners of war, national defeat, and the crisis of male authority -- Getting the house in order : the oil embargo, consumption, and the limits of American power -- "The great male cop-out" : productivity lag and the end of the family wage -- The spirit of '76 : the Bicentennial and Cold War revivalism -- The world as a mirror : narcissism, "malaise," and the middle-class family -- Conclusion : The familial roots of Republican domination.