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1980 : America's Pivotal Year /

"1980 was a turning point in American history. When the year began, it was still very much the 1970s, with Jimmy Carter in the White House, a sluggish economy marked by high inflation, and the disco still riding the airwaves. When it ended, Ronald Reagan won the presidency in a landslide, inaug...

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Autor principal: Cullen, Jim, 1962- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Facing Janus
  • On the cusp: American politics and culture in 1979
  • Wind shear: the political cultures of 1980
  • The closing of Heaven's Gate: Hollywood in transition
  • Starting over: pop music's future goes back to the past
  • Ebb and flow: tidal shifts in broadcast television
  • Turning the page: the publishing industry in 1980
  • Inflection point: Autum 1980
  • Conclusion: Inaugurating the eighties.