Title:
America in the 1980s / Marlene Targ Brill.
Author:
Brill, Marlene Targ.
Publication Information:
Minneapolis, Minn. : Twenty-First Century Books, ©2010.
Call Number:
E876 .B753 2010
Abstract:
Examines the social, economic, political, and technological changes of the 1980s, including nuclear arms protests, the space shuttle Challenger accident, the breakup of the Soviet Union, the birth of MTV and music videos, and the personal computer revolution.
ISBN:
9780822576020
Series:
The decades of twentieth-century America
Decades of twentieth-century America.
Physical Description:
144 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 27 cm.
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Contents:
Hollywood comes to Washington : Ronald Reagan in the White House -- Reagan takes his show abroad : politics away from home -- Wealth and power : an economic revolution -- Breaking new ground : science, medicine, and technology -- Changing face of America : family, neighborhoods, and society -- Written word : literature and journalism in the 1980s -- From graffiti to punk : visual arts, architecture, and fashion -- Lights, camera, action : TV, movies, and theater in the 1980s -- Pop music generation : music and dance in the 1980s -- Free time : sports and recreation.
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