The Eighties in America - Salem Press (2009)

Title page photo:Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan throws a kiss to his supporters at the

Iowa Republican Convention, June 7, 1980.(AP/Wide World Photos)

Cover images (pictured clockwise, from top left): Michael Jackson, 1988. (Hulton Archive/

Getty Images); Ronald and Nancy Reagan, inaugural parade in Washington, D.C.,

Jan. 20, 1981. (AP/Wide World Photos);Pac-Manvideo game, 1980. (Ullstein Bild);

Mount St. Helen’s eruption, May 18, 1980. (AP/Wide World Photos)

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

The eighties in America / editor, Milton Berman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN 978-1-58765-419-0 (set : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-58765-420-6 (v. 1: alk. paper) —
ISBN 978-1-58765-421-3 (v. 2 : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-1-58765-422-0 (v. 3 : alk. paper)

1. United States—History—1969- —Encyclopedias. 2. United States—Social conditions—1980- —
   Encyclopedias. 3. United States—Politics and government—1981-1989—Encyclopedias.


2. United States—Intellectual life—20th century—Encyclopedias. 5. Popular culture—United States—
   History—20th century—Encyclopedias. 6. Nineteen eighties—Encyclopedias. I. Berman, Milton.
   E876.E347 2008
   973.927003—dc
   2008005068

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