The eighties (1st ed )
Auteur : Palermo Joseph
This book is abrief, but comprehensive account of the historical contours ofa remarkable decade. The Eighties provides a unique and comprehensive overview of the history of the decade of the 1980s and the profound changes that occurred in American society (and elsewhere) during the decade.Through thoughtfulanalyses of United States politics, popular culture, technological changes, gender and race relations,the Reagan Administration,and other aspects of the 1980s, Palermo provides readers with an understanding of the complexity and nuance of the 1980s.
CHAPTER 1THE END OF THE "ME DECADE"
"America Held Hostage"
1980 Campaign
Ronald Reagan
Candidate Reagan
Inauguration Day: January 20, 1981
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CHAPTER 2THE REAGAN REVOLUTION
"Welfare Queens"
Reagan In Power
PATCO
Foxes In Henhouses
Deregulation
Assassination Attempt
Reagan and the Press
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CHAPTER 3OFF TO THE RACES
Military Buildup
Foreign Policy
Back in the USSR
Central America
Technology and Popular Culture
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CHAPTER 4CONFLICT AND COMPROMISE
Nuclear Freeze
S.D.I.
MLK Holiday
Race Relations
HIV/AIDS
ERA/Gender Relations
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CHAPTER 5INTERVENTION AND CHANGE
Lebanon
Grenada
Vietnam Memorial
Environment
Reaganomics
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CHAPTER 61984
1984
The Democratic Party
Jesse Jackson's 'Rainbow Coalition'
The Democratic and Republican Conventions
Mondale-Ferraro
Election Results
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CHAPTER 7CULTURE WARS, APARTHEID, A NEW BEGINNING IN U.S.-SOVIET RELATIONS
The PMRC
Madonna and Springsteen
Hip-Hop and Jazz
South Africa
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
Two Disasters
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CHAPTER 8THE COLDWAR AND IRAN-CONTRA
Reykjavik
Contra Re-Supply
Arms Sales to Iran
Iran-Contra Hearings
Constitutional Crisis
"Tear Down This Wall"
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CHAPTER 9TRANSITION IN A CHALLENGING TIME
The INF Treaty
More Scandals
The Savings and Loan Debacle
Election 1988
Bush-Quayle
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CHAPTER 10"CULTURE WARS" IN A CHANGING WORLD
The Arts and Culture Wars
The Berlin Wall
Afghanistan
Change Comes the Soviet Union
The War on Drugs
The U.S. Invasion of Panama
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Conclusion
Bibliographical Essay
Joseph A. Palermo is an associate professor of history at California State University, Sacramento. He received his bachelor's degrees in sociology and anthropology from the University of California, Santa Cruz; a master's degree in history from San Jose State University; and a master's degree and doctorate in American history from Cornell University. His expertise includes political history, presidential politics, presidential war powers, social movements of the 20th century, social movements of the 1960s, civil rights and the history of American foreign policy. He has written two books on Robert F. Kennedy: In His Own Right: The Political Odyssey of Senator Robert F. Kennedy (Columbia University Press, 2001); and Robert F. Kennedy and the Death of American Idealism (Pearson Longman, 2008). Professor Palermo has also written articles for anthologies on the life of Father Daniel Berrigan in The Human Tradition in America Since 1945 (Scholarly Resources Press, 2003); and on the Watergate scandal in Watergate and the Resignation of Richard Nixon (CQ Press, 2004).
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Date de parution : 04-2012
Ouvrage de 180 p.
18.1x23.2 cm
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