The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

National Energy Program
National Minimum Drinking Age Act
of 1984
Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1983
Quebec English sign ban
Tax Reform Act of 1986
Tort reform movement

Literature
Auel, Jean M.
Beattie, Ann
Beloved
Bonfire of the Vanities, The
Book publishing
Boyle, T. Coraghessan
Brat Pack in literature
Children’s literature
Clancy, Tom
Closing of the American Mind, The
Color Purple, The
Confederacy of Dunces, A
Cyberpunk literature
Davies, Robertson
Dworkin, Andrea
Erdrich, Louise
Gibson, William
Handmaid’s Tale, The
Heidi Chronicles, The
Henley, Beth
Hwang, David Henry
Irving, John
Joy Luck Club, The
Keillor, Garrison
Kincaid, Jamaica
King, Stephen
Literature in Canada
Literature in the United States
Ludlum, Robert
Mamet, David
Miller, Sue
Minimalist literature
Naylor, Gloria
Oates, Joyce Carol
Poetry
Richler, Mordecai
Shepard, Sam
Steel, Danielle
Theater
Third Wave, The
Torch Song Trilogy
Tyler, Anne
White Noise
Wilson, August

Military & War

Beirut bombings

Cold War

Full Metal Jacket

Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986

Grenada invasion

Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces

(INF) Treaty

Iran-Contra affair

Libya bombing

M*A*S*Hseries finale

Military ban on homosexuals

Military spending

North, Oliver

Panama invasion

Platoon

Poindexter, John

Rambo

Stealth fighter

Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI)

Tower Commission

USSStarkincident

USSVincennesincident

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Weinberger, Caspar

West Berlin discotheque bombing

Music

Adams, Bryan

Blondie

Bon Jovi

Boy George and Culture Club

Broadway musicals

Cats

Cher

Classical music

Compact discs (CDs)

Country music

Devo

Duran Duran

Farm Aid

Flashdance

Glass, Philip

Go-Go’s, The

Grant, Amy

Guns n’ Roses

Heavy metal

Hip-hop and rap

Houston, Whitney

Jackson, Michael

Jazz

Journey

Lauper, Cyndi

Lennon, John

Little Mermaid, The

Live Aid

Madonna

Mellencamp, John Cougar

Michael, George

Mötley Crüe

MTV

Music

Music videos

New Wave music

Osbourne, Ozzy

Parental advisory stickers

Phantom of the Opera, The

Pop music

Prince

Public Enemy

R.E.M.

Richie, Lionel

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Run-D.M.C.

Springsteen, Bruce

Star Search

Sting

Synthesizers

Talking Heads

Teen singers

This Is Spin ̈al Tap

Turner, Tina

US Festivals

USA for Africa

U2

Van Halen

Vangelis

Women in rock music

World music

Yankovic, Weird Al

Native Americans

Aboriginal rights in Canada

Cher

Erdrich, Louise

Harp seal hunting

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of

1988

Minorities in Canada

Multiculturalism in education

Native Americans

Turner, Tina

World music

People

Adams, Bryan

Anderson, Terry

Atwater, Lee

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