Bibliograph

Type

Label

Morning in America, how Ronald Reagan invented the 1980s, Gil Troy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-392) and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Morning in America

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

56011182

Responsibility statement

Gil Troy

Series statement

Politics and society in twentieth-century America

Sub title

how Ronald Reagan invented the 1980s

Summary

Chronicles the political events of the 1980s, offering a year-by-year account of the economic and cultural changes that took place during Ronald Reagan's two terms in the White House

Table Of 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 Reaganomics -- 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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