Books > History > American history
|
Buy Now
The Reagan Era - A History of the 1980s (Paperback)
Loot Price: R601
Discovery Miles 6 010
You Save: R92
(13%)
|
|
The Reagan Era - A History of the 1980s (Paperback)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
In this concise yet thorough history of America in the 1980s, Doug
Rossinow takes the full measure of Ronald Reagan's presidency and
the ideology of Reaganism. Believers in libertarian economics and a
muscular foreign policy, Reaganite conservatives in the 1980s
achieved impressive success in their efforts to transform American
government, politics, and society, ushering in the political and
social system Americans inhabit today. Rossinow links current
trends in economic inequality to the policies and social
developments of the Reagan era. He reckons with the racial politics
of Reaganism and its debt to the backlash generated by the civil
rights movement, as well as Reaganism's entanglement with the
politics of crime and the rise of mass incarceration. Rossinow
narrates the conflicts that rocked U.S. foreign policy toward
Central America, and he explains the role of the recession during
the early 1980s in the decline of manufacturing and the growth of a
service economy. From the widening gender gap to the triumph of
yuppies and rap music, from Reagan's tax cuts and military buildup
to the celebrity of Michael Jackson and Madonna, from the era's
Wall Street scandals to the successes of Bill Gates and Sam Walton,
from the first "war on terror" to the end of the Cold War and the
brink of America's first war with Iraq, this history, lively and
readable yet sober and unsparing, gives readers vital perspective
on a decade that dramatically altered the American landscape.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.