Other Eighties A Secret History of America in the Age of Reagan

Name: Other Eighties A Secret History of America in the Age of Reagan
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ISBN: 9780809074594

ISBN-10: 0809074591

ISBN-13: 9780809074594

Edition: 2012

Authors: Bradford Martin

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In this engaging book, Bradford Martin illuminates a different 1980s than many remember—one whose history has been buried under the celebratory narrative of conservative ascendancy. Ronald Reagan looms large in most accounts of the period, encouraging Americans to renounce the activist and liberal politics of the 1960s and ’70s and embrace the resurgent conservative wave. But a closer look reveals that a sizable swath of Americans strongly disapproved of Reagan’s policies throughout his presidency. With a weakened Democratic Party scurrying for the political center, many expressed their dissatisfaction outside electoral politics. Unlike the civil rights and Vietnam-era protesters, activists…

Book details

List price: $20.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 3/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.62" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English



Preface



Calling to Halt: The Nuclear Freeze Campaign



The Central America Solidarity Movement: Opposing Secret Wars in the Backyard



"Unsightly Huts": Shanties and the Divestment Movement



Popular Culture and the Culture Wars



Noise from Underground: Post-Punk Music, Culture, and Politics



Fighting the Power: The Response of African American Politics and Culture



Fighting the Backlash: The Many Paths of Feminism



The Shock Troops of Direct Action: ACT UP Confronts the AIDS Crisis


Epilogue: The Other Eighties in the Age of Obama


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index