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Morning in America: How Ronald Reagan Invented the 1980´s

Gil Troy

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Description for Morning in America: How Ronald Reagan Invented the 1980´s Paperback. Did America's fortieth president lead a conservative counter revolution that left liberalism gasping for air? The answer, for both his admirers and his detractors, is often "yes." This work covers Ronald Reagan's legacy taking us through the 1980s in ten year-by-year chapters. Series: Politics and Society in Modern America. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 646.
Did America's fortieth president lead a conservative counterrevolution that left liberalism gasping for air? The answer, for both his admirers and his detractors, is often "yes." In Morning in America, Gil Troy argues that the Great Communicator was also the Great Conciliator. His pioneering and lively reassessment of Ronald Reagan's legacy takes us through the 1980s in ten year-by-year chapters, integrating the story of the Reagan presidency with stories of the decade's cultural icons and watershed moments-from personalities to popular television shows. One such watershed moment was the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. With the trauma of Vietnam fading, the triumph ... Read more

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Paperback

Publication date

2007

Publisher

Princeton University Press United States

Number of pages

448

Condition

New

Series

Politics and Society in Modern America

Number of Pages

448

Place of Publication

New Jersey, United States

ISBN

9780691130606

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V9780691130606

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About Gil Troy

Gil Troy, a native of Queens, New York, is Professor of History at McGill University. He is the author of "Mr. and Mrs. President: From the Trumans to the Clintons (Kansas)", an updated, paperback edition of "Affairs of State: The Rise and Rejection of the Presidential Couple Since World War II" (Free Press); and of "See How They Ran: The ... Read more

Reviews for Morning in America: How Ronald Reagan Invented the 1980´s

"A lively, sprawling work that sees Reagan's reflection in everything from '80s TV shows such as Dynasty to the rejection of 'New Coke' by consumers to the creation of CNN and USA TODAY... He may have disregarded the rise of AIDS and seemed clueless about the rise in homelessness during his watch, but he also helped create 'an Era of ... Read moreGood Feelings' that left most Americans feeling better about themselves and their country."
Susan Page, USA TODAY "Morning in America is the rarest of academic histories: insightful, energetic, and a joy to read."
Peter Schweizer, The New York Sun "[A] masterly study of Ronald Reagan's presidency
the best single book we have on his administration to date."
David Turner, Raleigh News & Observer "The main thing Troy has produced is a portrait of the United States in the 1980s in all of its color and texture... [T]he book is a mine of information on U.S. popular culture, presented by one who lived through those times."
Norman Webster, Montreal Gazette "A balanced, thoughtful, and thoroughly entertaining account of Reagan's legacy... This book is sure to become popular and deserves a large audience. Enthusiastically recommended."
Library Journal "A valuable and enjoyable book... Troy's readable book is impressive in its integration of political and social history, while he rightly recognizes that popular culture can provide an effective gauge of the public mood. Thus, he effectively uses the television series Hill Street Blues to illustrate attitudes towards crime and race, and throughout, he uses television, film, and popular music. Troy is anything but a Reagan cheerleader, and he stresses the still contentious nature of the Reagan record."
Philip Jenkins, Books & Culture "Reagan remains our national Rorschach test, a good guide to what we think about the issues of our time... With a year-by-year analysis of the 80's, set in the context of popular culture, Mr. Troy measures the social and cultural consequences of Reagan's free-market agenda. Optimism, individualism, consumerism and even hedonism promote prosperity. But they can
and Mr. Troy believes they did
dilute a sense of community and civic virtue, devalue a nation's social capital, and accelerate the descent into alienation and cynicism."
Glenn C. Altschuler, New York Observer "Troy not only captures Reagan the leader but also the watershed decade he dominated and defined."
Bill Pierce, Toronto Sun "Troy's book ... cannot help being engaging, packed as it is with memorabilia of the Reagan years... Troy ... makes a communitarian critique of the Reagan era. He is on solid ground in contending that America became more individualistic and materialistic under Regan, and also in noting that the trend predated and postdated his presidency."
Ramesh Ponnuru, Claremont Review of Books "One of Troy's key points is that our memory of Reagan makes his reign seem either more idyllic or more tyrannical than it was in reality... Gil Troy has given us a fascinating look at a crucial decade."
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