The Eighties
The Eighties

Author: John Ehrman

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2005-01-01

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0300106629

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An accessible and balanced account of the eighties tracks the transformation of America in the context of Ronald Reagan's policies and convictions and in terms of the broader global, political, social, economic, and cultural trends that allowed Reagan to accomplish much of his agenda.

Living in the Eighties
Living in the Eighties

Author: Gil Troy

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2009-10-22

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 0195187865

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In this volume in the Viewpoints on American Culture series, senior and junior scholars, as well as one former Reagan official and a leading record executive, assess the cultural, social, economic, and political significance of the 1980s.

Beyond the Power Mystique
Beyond the Power Mystique

Author: Robert C. Prus

Publisher: SUNY Press

Published: 1999-01-01

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 9780791440698

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Locating power within the symbolic interactionist framework, this book permeates much of the mystique shrouding "power" and examines the ways in which notions of power, control, influence and the like are brought into human existence.