1980s Decade

Bob Batchelor and Scott Stoddart (2006). The 1980s. (Greenwood Press: Westport, CT. Popular culture--United States--History--20th century; Nineteen eighties; United States--Social life and customs.

Douglas Brode (1990). The Films of the Eighties. (Secaucus, NJ: Carol Pub. Group, 287 p.). Motion pictures--United States; Motion pictures--Plots, themes, etc.

Barbara Ehrenreich (1990). The Worst Years of Our Lives: Irreverent Notes from a Decade of Greed. (New York, NY: Pantheon, 275 p.). United States--Politics and government--1981-1989--Humor.

eds. Maria Luisa Frisa and Stefano Tonchi (2004). Excess: Fashion and Underground in the ’80s. (Milano, IT: Charta, 463 p.). Fashion--History--20th century; Fashion designers--History--20th century; Nineteen eighties.

Todd Gitlin (1995). The Twilight of Common Dreams: Why America is Wracked by Culture Wars. (New York, NY: Metropolitan Books, 294 p.). Pluralism (Social sciences)--United States; Multiculturalism--United States; Culture conflict--United States; United States--Social conditions--1980-.

Eds. Walter Grunzweig, Roberta Maierhofer, Adi Wimmer (1992). Constructing the Eighties: Versions of an American Decade. (Tubingen, Germany: G. Narr, 233 p.). Motion pictures--United States--History; Feminism--United States; American literature--20th century--History and criticism; Nineteen eighties; United States--Civilization--1970-.

Eds. Tony Hendra, Christopher Cerf & Peter Elbling (1979). The 80s: A Look Back at the Tumultuous Decade, 1980-1989. (New York, NY: Workman Pub. Co., 263 p.). Nineteen eighties--Humor; Popular culture--History--20th century--Humor.

Philip Jenkins (2006). Decade of Nightmares: The End of the Sixties and the Making of Eighties America. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 352 p.). Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies (Pennsylvania State University). Social problems--United States--History--20th century; Culture conflict--United States--History--20th century; Conservatism--United States--History--20th century; Political culture--United States--History--20th century; United States--History--1969-; United States--History--1961-1969; United States--Politics and government--1945-1989; United States--Social conditions--1945-. Author argues that the late 70's ushered in era in which  liberal and libertarian ideas of the 60's were succeeded by "a more pessimistic, more threatening interpretation of human behavior" and "more sinister visions of the enemies facing Americans and their nation." 

Herbert London (1989). The Broken Apple: New York City in the 1980s. (New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 212 p.). President of the Hudson Institute, Professor of Humanities (New York University). New York (N.Y.)--Social conditions; New York (N.Y.)--Economic conditions.

Photographs by Patrick McMullan; introduction by Jay McInerney; foreword by Michael Musto; afterword by Tama Janowitz; with commentary by Bob Colacello ... [et al.]; with an essay by Cookie Mueller (2003). So80s: A Photographic Diary of a Decade. (New York, NY: powerHouse Books, 432 p.). McMullan, Patrick; Celebrities--Portraits; Portrait photography; Nineteen eighties--Pictorial works.

Ellen Meltzer and Marc Aronson (1995). Day by Day, The Eighties. (New York, NY: Facts on File, 1659 p.). Nineteen eighties--Chronology. Incomplete Contents: v. 1. 1980-1985 -- v. 2. 1986-index.

Edited with an Introduction by Nicolaus Mills (1990). Culture in an Age of Money: The Legacy of the 1980s in America. (Chicago, IL: I. R. Dee, 254 p.). Arts, American--20th century; United States--Civilization--1970-.

Eds. Per Serritslev Petersen, Karl-Heinz Westarp (1986). British Drama in the Eighties: Texts and Contexts. (Aarhus, Denmark: Dept. of English, University of Aarhus, 218 p.). English drama--20th century; English drama--20th century--History and criticism; Nineteen eighties.

Gilbert T. Sewall (1997). The Eighties: A Reader. (Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 382 p.). Popular culture--United States; Nineteen eighties; United States--Social conditions--1980- ; United States--Social life and customs--1971-.

Paul Slansky (1989). The Clothes Have No Emperor: A Chronicle of the American '80s. (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 288 p.). Reagan, Ronald--Miscellanea; United States--Politics and government--1981-1989--Miscellanea.

John Taylor (1989). Circus of Ambition: The Culture of Wealth and Power in the Eighties. (New York, NY: Warner Books, 240 p.). Upper class--United States; Millionaires--United States; United States--Social conditions--1980-; United States--Moral conditions; United States--Civilization--1970-.

editors of Time-Life Books; with a foreword by Jesse Jackson (1999). Pride and Prosperity, the 80s. (Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 192 p.). Nineteen eighties; Nineteen eighties--Pictorial works; United States--History--1969- ; United States--History--1969---Pictorial works.

Ed. James D. Torr (2000). The 1980s. (San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 240 p.). Nineteen eighties; United States--Civilization--1970-.

Vincent Virga with a foreword by Richard Rhodes (1992). The Eighties: Images of America. (New York, NY: Edward Burlingame Books, 245 p.). History, Modern--1945- --Pictorial works; United States--History--1969- --Pictorial works.

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