Edition statement supplied by publisher. "Based on material from Grey House Publishing's Working Americans Series by Scott Derks." Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
SECTION ONE: PROFILES. 1980: Alberto Enriquez, Sergeant First Class, Desert One Mission: Iran -- 1981: Elizabeth Putnam, 15-Year Old Migrant Worker from New York -- 1982: Brad Lawson, Sound Assistant for Austin City Limits TV Show -- 1982: Greg Tilsner, Software Company Executive from California -- 1983: Anna Delgado, Anti-Nuclear Weapons Movement Protestor -- 1983: Maggi Taylor, 23-year-old Boom Operator in New York -- 1983: Alicia Burack, Civilian (Medical Student), Invasion of Grenada -- 1983: Jim Rosser, National Football League Referee -- 1984: Stephen Hessenfeld, Fine Tuned Hasbro's GI Joe -- 1984: Rigo Garcia, 23-year-old Construction Worker from Costa Rica -- 1985: James Krenov, Master Woodworker and College Professor -- 1985: Paul Howe, Professional Football Player -- 1985: Edwidge Dominique, 23-year-old Artist from Haiti in Miami -- 1985: Valerie Jaffen, 12-year-old Cellist from Connecticut -- 1985: Alex Behr, Corporate Director of European Operations -- 1985: Carleen Cahill, Classical Music Singer -- 1986: Jake Szmanda, Timber Industry Worker and Animal Conservationist -- 1986: James Kennedy Jarrett, Super Accurate Rifle Guru -- 1986: Maria Knapp, Scientist from California -- 1987: Aaron Slayton, Brainy Kid Turned Tutor -- 1987: Adam Quigley, Lawyer from New York -- 1988: Ahmed Waltari, Cell Phone Magnate from Williamstown, New York, and Monaco -- 1989: Bill Reindollar, Created Cash Register Repair Service -- 1989: Carlos Piccolo, Cross-Country Runner -- 1989: Sergeant Luella Sprague, Invasion of Panama -- 1989: Charles Coughlin Myers, Anti-Abortion Protestor -- 1989: An Dung and Nguyet Nguyen, Vietnamese Immigrants in Chicago -- 1989: Irby Hipp, Teenage Video-Game Player from West Virginia. SECTION TWO: HISTORICAL SNAPSHOTS. Early 1980s -- Mid 1980s -- Late 1980s. SECTION THREE: ECONOMY OF THE TIMES. Consumer Expeditures -- Annual Income -- Selected Prices -- Value of a Dollar Index 1860-2015. SECTION FOUR: ALL AROUND US WHAT WE SAW, WROTE, READ & LISTENED TO. All Around Us 1980s SECTION FIVE: CENSUS DATA. State-by-State Comparative Tables: 1980, 1990 and 2010. Twenty-First Decennial Census of the United States. Special Reports. We the Americans: Women -- We the Americans: Blacks -- We the Americans: Hispanics -- We the Americans: Asians -- We the Americans: Pacific Islanders -- We the Americans: First Americans -- We the Americans: Foreign Born -- We the Americans: Elderly -- We the Americans: Children -- We the Americans: Our Education -- We the Americans: Our Homes. 1990 Census of Population. General Population Characteristics -- General Social and Economic Characteristics -- General Housing Characteristics -- Detailed Ancestry Groups for States -- Detailed Occupation and Other Characteristics. Further Reading. Index.
Summary:
This new addition to the This is Who We Were series provides the reader with a deeper understanding of day-to-day life in America from 1980 to 1989. Readers will uncover how American life was affected by the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the Computer Age, and Reagan-era prosperity and decadence. Collecting information from government surveys, social worker histories, economic data, family diaries, letters, newspapers, and magazine features, This is Who We Were: In The 1980s assembles a remarkable personal and realistic look into America's past. This new volume features 26 profiles of people living and working during the 1980s, painting a complete picture of what it was like to live in America in this period. These stories portray both struggling and successful Americans from various economic classes, occupations, and regions across the country, capturing a wide range of thoughts and emotions. -- http://www.greyhouse.com/1980s.htm
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