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The eighties in America / editor, Milton Berman ; managing editor, Tracy Irons-Georges.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--United States--History--20th century--Encyclopedias.
- Popular culture.
- Nineteen eighties--Encyclopedias.
- Nineteen eighties.
- United States--History--1969---Encyclopedias.
- United States.
- United States--Social conditions--1980---Encyclopedias.
- United States--Politics and government--1981-1989--Encyclopedias.
- United States--Intellectual life--20th century--Encyclopedias.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (3 volumes (xxii, 1178, li pages)) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- 1980s in America
- Place of Publication:
- Pasadena, Calif. : Salem Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Eighties in America provides comprehensive coverage of the impact of the 1980's (defined as 1980-1989) on the United States and Canada. Subjects of the approximately 680 articles include political leaders, athletes, entertainment figures, films, books, TV shows, plays, events, fads, products, technology, and overviews of such broad issues as education, economics, race relations, politics, and the arts. This three-volume series joins the acclaimed sets The Sixties in America, The Fifties in America, and The Seventies in America as a means of studying history by covering the impact of a given decade on the United States and Canada.
- Contents:
- voll. 1. Aboriginal rights in Canada - Gehry, Frank
- vol. 2. Gender gap in voting - Reagan's "Evit Empire" speech
- vol. 3. Recessions - Yuppies ; Appendixes ; Indexes.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9786611382520
- 9781281382528
- 1281382523
- 9781587654480
- 1587654482
- OCLC:
- 416480883
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