Volume II
Hinckley, John, Jr.SeeReagan
Hispanics.SeeLatinos
HMOs.SeeHealth maintenanceHomosexuals, military ban on.See
Ice hockey.SeeHockey
Indians, American.SeeNative
Americans
INF Treaty.SeeIntermediate-Rangexix
- Aboriginal rights in Canada Complete List of Contents xvii
- Abortion
- Abscam
- Academy Awards
- ACT UP
- Action films
- Adams, Bryan
- Advertising
- Aerobics
- Affirmative action.
- Africa and the United States
- African Americans
- Age discrimination
- Agriculture in Canada
- Agriculture in the United States
- AIDS epidemic
- AIDS Memorial Quilt
- Air India Flight 182 bombing
- Air pollution
- Air traffic controllers’ strike
- Airplane!.
- Aliens.
- Alternative medicine
- America’s Most Wanted.
- Anderson, Terry
- Androgyny.
- Apple Computer
- Archaeology
- Architecture
- Arena Football League
- Art movements
- Artificial heart
- Asian Americans
- Aspartame
- Astronomy.
- AT&T breakup
- Atlanta child murders
- Atwater, Lee
- Auel, Jean M.
- Baby Fae heart transplantation
- Baby Jessica rescue
- Back to the Future.
- Bakker, Jim and Tammy Faye.
- Ballet
- Baseball
- Baseball strike of
- Basketball
- Basquiat, Jean-Michel
- Beattie, Ann
- Beirut bombings.
- Beloved
- Bennett, William.
- Bentsen, Lloyd
- Berg, Alan
- Berlin Wall
- Big Chill, The.
- Bioengineering
- Biological clock
- Biopesticides
- Bird, Larry
- Black Monday stock market crash
- Blade Runner.
- Blondie.
- Bloom County.
- Blue Velvet.
- Boat people
- Boitano, Brian
- Bon Jovi
- Bonfire of the Vanities, The
- Bonin, William.
- Book publishing
- Bork, Robert H.
- Bourassa, Robert
- Bowers v. Hardwick.
- Boxing
- Boy George and Culture Club
- Boyle, T. Coraghessan
- Brat Pack in acting
- Brat Pack in literature
- Brawley, Tawana
- Break dancing
- Breakfast Club, The.
- Brett, George
- Bridges, Jeff
- Broadway musicals.
- Broderick, Matthew
- Brokaw, Tom
- Bush, George H. W.
- Business and the economy in Canada
- United States Business and the economy in the
- Cabbage Patch Kids
- Cable television
- CAD/CAM technology
- Caffeine
- Cagney and Lacey.
- Camcorders
- Canada Act of
- Canada and the British Commonwealth
- Canada and the United States
- Canada Health Act of
- Agreement Canada-United States Free Trade
- Canadian Caper
- Freedoms Canadian Charter of Rights and
- Cancer research
- Car alarms
- Cats.
- Cell phones
- Central Park jogger case
- Cerritos plane crash
- Challengerdisaster
- Cheers.
- Cher
- Children’s literature.
- Children’s television.
- China and the United States
- Chrétien, Jean
- Chrysler Corporation federal rescue
- Claiborne, Harry E.
- Clancy, Tom
- Classical music
- Close, Glenn
- Closing of the American Mind, The
- CNN
- Cold Sunday
- Cold War
- Color Purple, The.
- Colorization of black-and-white films
- Comedians
- Comic Relief
- Comic strips
- Compact discs (CDs)
- Computers
- Conch Republic
- Confederacy of Dunces, A
- Congress, U.S.
- Congressional page sex scandal
- Conservatism in U.S. politics
- Consumerism
- Cosby Show, The.
- Cosmos
- Costner, Kevin
- Country music
- Crack epidemic
- Craft, Christine
- Crime
- Cruise, Tom
- Cyberpunk literature
- Dallas.
- Dance, popular
- Davies, Robertson
- Day After, The.
- Decker, Mary.
- Deconstructivist architecture
- De Lorean, John
- Demographics of Canada
- Demographics of the United States
- Designing Women.
- Devo
- Diets
- Disability rights movement
- Disposable cameras
- DNA fingerprinting
- Do the Right Thing
- Domestic violence
- Doppler radar
- Douglas, Michael
- (D.A.R.E.). Drug Abuse Resistance Education
- Dukakis, Michael
- Dupont Plaza Hotel fire
- Duran Duran
- Dworkin, Andrea
- Dynasty.
- École Polytechnique massacre
- Economic Recovery Tax Act of
- Education in Canada
- Education in the United States
- El Niño
- Elections in Canada
- Elections in the United States, midterm
- Elections in the United States,
- Elections in the United States,
- Elections in the United States,
- Elway, John.
- Empire Strikes Back, The.
- Environmental movement
- Epic films
- Erdrich, Louise
- E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial.
- Europe and North America
- Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
- Exxon Valdezoil spill
- Facts of Life, The
- Fads
- Falwell, Jerry
- Family Ties.
- Farm Aid
- Farm crisis
- Fashions and clothing
- Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
- Fatal Attraction.
- Fax machines
- Feminism
- Ferraro, Geraldine
- Fetal medicine
- Film in Canada
- Film in the United States
- Flag burning
- Flashdance
- Flynt, Larry
- Food Security Act of
- Food trends
- Football
- Ford, Harrison.
- Foreign policy of Canada
- Foreign policy of the United States.
- 401(k) plans
- Fox, Michael J.
- FOX network
- Full Metal Jacket.
- Gallagher
- Gallaudet University protests
- Gangs.
- Garneau, Marc.
- Gehry, Frank
- Aboriginal rights in Canada Complete List of Contents xvii
- Abortion.
- Abscam
- Academy Awards
- ACT UP syndrome.SeeAIDS epidemic
- Action films
- Adams, Bryan
- Advertising
- Aerobics
- Affirmative action
- Africa and the United States
- African Americans
- Age discrimination
- Agriculture in Canada.
- States Agriculture in the United
- AIDS epidemic.
- AIDS Memorial Quilt
- Air India Flight 182 bombing
- Air pollution
- Air traffic controllers’ strike
- Airplane!.
- Aliens.
- Alternative medicine
- America’s Most Wanted.
- Anderson, Terry
- Androgyny
- Apple Computer.
- Archaeology
- Architecture
- Arena Football League
- Art movements
- Artificial heart
- Asian Americans
- Aspartame
- Astronomy assassination attempt
- AT&T breakup.
- Atlanta child murders
- Atwater, Lee
- Auel, Jean M.
- transplantation Baby Fae heart
- Baby Jessica rescue
- Back to the Future.
- Bakker, Jim and Tammy Faye
- Ballet
- Baseball
- Baseball strike of 1981.
- Basketball
- Basquiat, Jean-Michel
- Beattie, Ann
- Beirut bombings
- Beloved.
- Bennett, William
- Bentsen, Lloyd
- Berg, Alan
- Berlin Wall
- Big Chill, The.
- Bioengineering
- Biological clock
- Biopesticides
- Bird, Larry
- crash Black Monday stock market
- Blade Runner Blacks.SeeAfrican Americans
- Blondie
- Bloom County
- Blue Velvet.
- Boat people.
- Boitano, Brian
- Bon Jovi
- Bonfire of the Vanities, The.
- Bonin, William
- Book publishing
- Bork, Robert H.
- Bourassa, Robert
- Bowers v. Hardwick
- Boxing
- Club Boy George and Culture
- Boyle, T. Coraghessan
- Brat Pack in acting
- Brat Pack in literature
- Brawley, Tawana
- Break dancing
- Breakfast Club, The
- Brett, George
- Bridges, Jeff.
- Broadway musicals
- Broderick, Matthew
- Brokaw, Tom
- Bush, George H. W.
- Canada Business and the economy in
- the United States Business and the economy in
- Cabbage Patch Kids
- Cable television. Cable News Network.SeeCNN
- CAD/CAM technology.
- Caffeine.
- Cagney and Lacey.
- Camcorders.
- Canada Act of
- Commonwealth Canada and the British
- States Canada and the United
- Canada Health Act of
- Trade Agreement Canada-United States Free
- Canadian Caper
- and Freedoms Canadian Charter of Rights
- Cancer research
- Car alarms
- Cats.
- Cell phones CDs.SeeCompact discs (CDs)
- Central Park jogger case
- Cerritos plane crash
- Challengerdisaster
- Cheers.
- Cher.
- Children’s literature
- Children’s television
- States China and the United
- Chrétien, Jean
- Gender gap in voting Complete List of Contents. xxxiii
- General Hospital.
- Generation X
- Genetics research
- Gentrification
- Gere, Richard
- Ghostbusters.
- Gibson, Kirk
- Gibson, Mel.
- Gibson, William
- Gimli Glider
- Glass, Philip
- Glass ceiling
- Globalization
- Go-Go’s, The
- Goetz, Bernhard
- Golden Girls, The
- Goldmark murders.
- Goldwater-Nichols Act of
- Golf
- Goodwill Games of
- Grant, Amy
- Grenada invasion.
- Gretzky, Wayne
- Griffith-Joyner, Florence
- Guns n’ Roses
- Haig, Alexander
- Hairstyles
- Halley’s comet
- Handmaid’s Tale, The.
- Hands Across America
- Hannah, Daryl
- Harp seal hunting
- Hart, Gary
- Hawkins, Yusef
- Health care in Canada
- States Health care in the United
- organizations (HMOs) Health maintenance
- Heat wave of
- Heaven’s Gate.
- Heavy metal
- Heidi Chronicles, The
- Henley, Beth
- Heritage USA.
- Herman, Pee-Wee
- Hershiser, Orel
- Hill Street Blues
- Hip-hop and rap assassination attempt
- Hobbies and recreation organizations (HMOs)
- Hockey
- Hoffman, Dustin
- Holmes, Larry
- Home shopping channels
- Home video rentals
- Homelessness.
- rights Homosexuality and gay
- Horror films Military ban on homosexuals
- Horton, William
- Houston, Whitney
- Howard Beach incident
- Hubbard, L. Ron
- Hudson, Rock
- Hughes, John
- Hurricane Hugo
- Hurt, William.
- Hustler Magazine v. Falwell.
- Hwang, David Henry.
- Iacocca, Lee
- Control Act of 1986. Immigration Reform and
- Immigration to Canada
- States Immigration to the United
- Canada Income and wages in
- United States Income and wages in the
- Act of Indian Gaming Regulatory
- Inflation in Canada Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty
- States Inflation in the United
- Infomercials
- Information age
- Forces (INF) Treaty. Intermediate-Range Nuclear
- Inventions
- Iran-Contra affair
- Iranian hostage crisis.
- Irving, John.
- Israel and the United States
- Jackson, Bo
- Jackson, Jesse
- Jackson, Michael
- Japan and North America
- Jazz
- Jennings, Peter
- Jewish Americans.
- Johnson, Magic
- Journalism
- Journey
- Joy Luck Club, The.
- Junk bonds
- Just Say No campaign
- Keillor, Garrison
- Kincaid, Jamaica
- King, Stephen
- Kirkpatrick, Jeane
- Kiss of the Spider Woman.
- Klinghoffer, Leon
- Knoxville World’s Fair
- Koop, C. Everett
- L.A. Law
- LaRouche, Lyndon.
- The. Last Temptation of Christ,
- Latin America
- Latinos
- Lauper, Cyndi
- Leg warmers
- Lemieux, Mario
- LeMond, Greg
- Lennon, John
- Leonard, Sugar Ray
- Letterman, David
- Lévesque, René.
- Lewis, Carl
- Liberalism in U.S. politics
- Libya bombing
- Literature in Canada
- States Inflation in the United