The Resource This is who we were, In the 1980s, based on material from Grey House Publishing's Working Americans series by Scott Derks
This is who we were, In the 1980s, based on material from Grey House Publishing's Working Americans series by Scott Derks
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- Summary
- This companion book to the 1980 Census provides the reader with a deeper understanding of day-to-day life in America from 1980 to 1989. Readers will uncover how American life was affected by the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the Computer Age, and Reagan-era prosperity and decadence. Collecting information from government surveys, social worker histories, economic data, family diaries, letters, newspapers, and magazine features, this book assembles a look into America's past. This volume features 26 profiles of people living and working during the 1980s, painting a picture of what it was like to live in America in this period. These stories portray both struggling and successful Americans from various economic classes, occupations, and regions across the country, capturing a wide range of thoughts and emotions
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 570 pages
- Note
-
- Edition statement supplied by publisher
- "Our jobs -- Our clothes -- Our leisure -- Our day to day -- What we paid for rent & food -- What we read -- What we watched -- What we ate -- How we travelled -- Plus: U.S. Census comparisons & rankings and state-by-state census data"--Cover
- Contents
-
- Profiles
- Historical snapshots
- Economy of the times
- All around us: What we saw, wrote, read & listened to
- Census data
- Isbn
- 9781619259348
- Label
- This is who we were, In the 1980s
- Title
- This is who we were
- Title part
- In the 1980s
- Statement of responsibility
- based on material from Grey House Publishing's Working Americans series by Scott Derks
- Title variation
- In the 1980s
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- This companion book to the 1980 Census provides the reader with a deeper understanding of day-to-day life in America from 1980 to 1989. Readers will uncover how American life was affected by the fall of the Berlin Wall, the rise of the Computer Age, and Reagan-era prosperity and decadence. Collecting information from government surveys, social worker histories, economic data, family diaries, letters, newspapers, and magazine features, this book assembles a look into America's past. This volume features 26 profiles of people living and working during the 1980s, painting a picture of what it was like to live in America in this period. These stories portray both struggling and successful Americans from various economic classes, occupations, and regions across the country, capturing a wide range of thoughts and emotions
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- DON
- Dewey number
- 330.973
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Derks, Scott
- Grey House Publishing, Inc
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Nineteen eighties
- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- This is who we were, In the 1980s, based on material from Grey House Publishing's Working Americans series by Scott Derks
- Note
-
- Edition statement supplied by publisher
- "Our jobs -- Our clothes -- Our leisure -- Our day to day -- What we paid for rent & food -- What we read -- What we watched -- What we ate -- How we travelled -- Plus: U.S. Census comparisons & rankings and state-by-state census data"--Cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 563) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Profiles
- Historical snapshots
- Economy of the times
- All around us: What we saw, wrote, read & listened to
- Census data
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 570 pages
- Isbn
- 9781619259348
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)956507861
- (OCoLC)ocn956507861
- Label
- This is who we were, In the 1980s, based on material from Grey House Publishing's Working Americans series by Scott Derks
- Note
-
- Edition statement supplied by publisher
- "Our jobs -- Our clothes -- Our leisure -- Our day to day -- What we paid for rent & food -- What we read -- What we watched -- What we ate -- How we travelled -- Plus: U.S. Census comparisons & rankings and state-by-state census data"--Cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (page 563) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Profiles
- Historical snapshots
- Economy of the times
- All around us: What we saw, wrote, read & listened to
- Census data
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- x, 570 pages
- Isbn
- 9781619259348
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)956507861
- (OCoLC)ocn956507861
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