The 1980s decade in photos the triumph of democracy

"Middle school readers will find out about the important world, national, and cultural developments of the decade 1980-1989"--Provided by publisher.

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Main Author: Corrigan, Jim
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2010.
Series:Amazing decades in photos
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Table of Contents:
  • Welcome to the 1980s
  • Miracle on ice
  • America bounces back
  • President Reagan is shot
  • Space shuttle blasts off
  • MTV changes pop music
  • Reagan heats up the Cold War
  • Deadly conflicts around the world
  • War on drugs widens
  • Scourge of AIDS
  • Rise of the computers
  • Space shuttle explodes
  • New trends in fashion
  • Nuclear disaster in Europe
  • The Iran-Contra affair
  • Black Monday hits the stock market
  • Bloodshed in China
  • Culture of greed
  • The Berlin Wall falls
  • U.S. troops invade Panama
  • Looking ahead.