| Description |
417 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Politics and society in twentieth-century America |
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Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-392) and index. |
| Contents |
Ronald Reagan's defining vision for the 1980s--and America -- 1980: Cleveland; "There you go again!" Defeating defeatism--and Jimmy Carter -- 1981: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue; The Ronald Reagan show, the new dynasty, and David Stockman's Reagonomics -- 1982: Hill Street; The other America's blues -- 1983: Beaufort, South Carolina; The big chill and the great reconciliation: where the sixties meet the eighties -- 1984: Los Angeles; The wizard of America's Id chooses patriotism over politics -- 1985: Brooklyn, New York; Bill Cosby's multicultural America meets Ronald Reagan's celebrity presidency -- 1986: Wall Street; The wild, wild east and the Reagan money culture -- 1987: Mourning in America; Fiascos at home and abroad -- 1988: Stanford; The culture wars: closing and opening the American mind -- 1989: Kennebunkport, Maine; The Bush restoration: kinder, gentler, ,but still Reaganite -- 1990: Boston; First night, new decade: why so blue? |
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United States -- Civilization -- 1970-
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United States -- Social conditions -- 1980-2020
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Nineteen eighties.
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Reagan, Ronald -- Influence.
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Politics and culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989.
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| ISBN |
0691096457 |
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0691121664 cloth alkaline paper |
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