The Eighties: a Reader

Brief Description: These fascinating essays, collected by historian Gilbert T. Sewall from the major books, journals, news reports, and public addresses of the day, survey the tumultuous social change that engulfed the nation--and explain why we are still feeling the aftershocks today. Biographical Note: George T. Sewell is the president of the Center for Education Studies and director of the American Textbook Council in New York City. He is also a senior research associate at Boston University. His articles have appeared in "Fortune, The New York Times, " and "The Wall Street Journal, " and he is most recently the author of "Religion in the Classroom: What the Textbooks Tell Us."Publisher Marketing: The America of the 1980s is often caricatured as a time of yuppie greed and self-absorption. But what was driving that decade's rampant pursuit of individual pleasure? What were the cultural forces behind Madonna's Material Girl and Oliver Stone's Wall Street? These essays, collected by historian Gilbert T. Sewall from the major books, journals, news reports, and public addresses of the day, survey the tumultuous social change that engulfed the USA, and explain why there are still aftershocks today. Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 10/15/1997 pg. 1570 (EAN 9780201772401, Hardcover)

Library Journal 11/15/1997 pg. 68 (EAN 9780201772401, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Sewall, Gilbert T Sewall is the president of the Center for Education Studies and director of the American Textbook Council in New York City. He is also a senior research associate at Boston University.