The Other Eighties by Martin D Bradford
Ronald Reagan looms large in most accounts of the period, encouraging Americans to renounce the activist and liberal politics of the 1960s and '70s and embrace the resurgent conservative wave. But a closer look reveals that a sizable swath of Americans strongly disapproved of Reagan's policies throughout his presidency. With a weakened Democratic Party scurrying for the political center, many expressed their dissatisfaction outside electoral politics. Unlike the civil rights and Vietnam-era protesters, activists of the 1980s often found themselves on the defensive, struggling to preserve the hard-won victories of the previous era. Their successes, then, were not in ushering in a new era of progressive reforms but in effecting change in areas from professional life to popular culture, while beating back an even more forceful political shift to the right.
Martin, Bradford: - Bradford Martin is an associate professor of history at Bryant University in Rhode Island. He is the author of The Theater Is in the Street: Politics and Public Performance in Sixties America.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780809074594 |
| ISBN 10 | 0809074591 |
| Title | The Other Eighties |
| Author | Martin D Bradford |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hill And Wang |
| Year published | 2012-03-13 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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