Ronald Reagan and the 1980s: Perceptions, Policies, Legacies (Studies of the Americas)

Ronald Reagan and the 1980s: Perceptions, Policies, Legacies (Studies of the Americas)

by Cheryl Hudson (Editor), Cheryl Hudson (Editor), Gareth Bryn Davies (Editor)

Synopsis

By the end of the 1980s, many Americans looked at the state of the nation with a renewed optimism, which was personified by an enduring American president - Ronald Wilson Reagan. The essays in this volume revisit the 1980s in order to examine the factors that contributed to his political and cultural triumphs and assess his legacy.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 284
Edition: 2008
Publisher: AIAA
Published: 12 Dec 2008

ISBN 10: 0230603025
ISBN 13: 9780230603028
Book Overview: J D ABERBACH N BJERRE-POULSEN P BOURNE S KNOTT R MASON J MATLOCK I MORGAN D RATHER D SANDBROOK G TROY D WILLIAMS

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The essays in this splendid collection offer a nuanced, up-to-date understanding not only of Ronald Reagan but also of larger social, economic, and political trends of the 1980s - and of their legacies. - James T. Patterson, author of Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore

Author Bio

CHERYL HUDSON is an Associate Research Fellow at the Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, UK.

GARETH DAVIES is University Lecturer in American History at St. Anne's College, University of Oxford, UK.