The 1980s

ISBN-10
0737703105
ISBN-13
9780737703108
Series
The 1980s
Category
Nineteen eighties
Language
English
Published
2000
Publisher
Greenhaven Press, Incorporated
Author
James D. Torr

Description

This anthology chronicles major events of the 1980s, from the election of Ronald Reagan, the appearance of AIDS, and the emergence of personal computers in the beginning of the decade to fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Americans' daily lives are also examined in a chapter on the social trends and popular culture of the 1980s.

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