Do-it-yourself security: Safety, gender, and the home fallout shelter in cold war America

Journal of Design History

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-55

  Lichtman, Sarah A ^a  

^a NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold war; Do it yourself; Domestic space; Domesticity; Fallout shelter; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449498992     PISSN: 09524649     EISSN: 17417279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jdh/epk004     Document Type: Article

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