jects, concepts, and overviews); orThe Event. Next,
a heading forAuthor,Publisher,Director,orPro-
duceris used when appropriate and includes vital
dates. ADateline appears for events, legislation,
films, books, television series, plays, and any topic
linked to a discrete time. Biographical entries fea-
ture the headingsBornandDied, listing the date
and place of birth and death for the subject. APlace
line appears if appropriate. Every essay includes a
brief assessment of what made the topic important
during the 1980’s.
Within the text, boldfaced subheads show readers
the overall organization of the essay at a glance,
make finding information quick and easy. Every es-
say features anImpactsection, which examines the
subject’s broader importance during the 1980’s. Lon-
ger overviews sometimes include a section called
Subsequent Eventsthat sums up later developments.
Cross-references at the end of each essay direct read-
ers to additional entries in the encyclopedia on re-
lated subjects. Every entry, regardless of length, offers
bibliographical notes under the headingFurther
Readingin order to guide readers to additional in-
formation about the topic; annotations are provided
in essays of 1,000 words or more. Every essay in-
cludes an author byline.
Appendixes Volume 3 ofThe Eighties in America
contains sixteen appendixes that provide additional
information about selected aspects of the decade in
easily accessible formats. The five entertainment ap-
pendixes list major films, Academy Award winners,
major Broadway plays and theatrical awards, most-
watched U.S. television shows, and Emmy Award
winners. The two literature appendixes list the best-
selling U.S. books and the winners of major literary
awards, and two music appendixes provide notable
facts about some of the decade’s most popular musi-
cians and list Grammy Award winners. A sports ap-
pendix provides a quick glance at the winners of ma-
jor sporting events of the 1980’s. The two legislative
appendixes look at major decisions of the U.S. Su-
preme Court and important legislation passed by
Congress during the decade. The other appendixes
are a glossary of new words and slang from the
1980’s, a detailed time line of the decade, an anno-
tated general bibliography, and an annotated list of
Web sources on 1980’s subjects.
The encyclopedia also contains a number of use-
ful tools to help readers find entries of interest. A
complete list of all essays inThe Eighties in Americaap-
pears at the beginning of each volume. Volume 3
contains a list of entries sorted by category, person-
age and photo indexes, and a comprehensive sub-
ject index.Acknowledgments The editors of Salem Press
would like to thank the scholars who contributed es-
says and appendixes toThe Eighties in America; their
names and affiliations are listed in the front matter
to volume 1. The editors would also like to thank
Professor Milton Berman of the University of Roch-
ester for serving as the project’s Editor and for bring-
ing to the project his expertise on North American
history.xThe Eighties in America