{"product_id":"morning-in-america-how-ronald-reagan-invented-the-1980s-9780691130606","title":"Morning in America: How Ronald Reagan Invented the 1980's","description":"\u003cp\u003eDid 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 \u003ci\u003eMorning in America\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e One such watershed moment was the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. With the trauma of Vietnam fading, the triumph of America's 1983 invasion of tiny Grenada still fresh, and a reviving economy, Americans geared up for a festival of international harmony that-spurred on by an entertainment-focused news media, corporate sponsors, and the President himself-became a celebration of the good old U.S.A. At the Games' opening, Reagan presided over a thousand-voice choir, a 750-member marching band, and a 90,000-strong teary-eyed audience singing America the Beautiful! while waving thousands of flags. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Reagan emerges more as happy warrior than angry ideologue, as a big-picture man better at setting America's mood than implementing his program. With a vigorous Democratic opposition, Reagan's own affability, and other limiting factors, the eighties were less counterrevolutionary than many believe. Many sixties' innovations went mainstream, from civil rights to feminism. Reagan fostered a political culture centered on individualism and consumption-finding common ground between the right and the left. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written with verve, \u003ci\u003eMorning in America\u003c\/i\u003e is both a major new look at one of America's most influential modern-day presidents and the definitive story of a decade that continues to shape our times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gil Troy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.79w x 1.07d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780691130606\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGil Troy\u003c\/b\u003e, a native of Queens, New York, is Professor of History at McGill University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMr. and Mrs. President: From the Trumans to the Clintons (Kansas)\u003c\/i\u003e, an updated, paperback edition of \u003ci\u003eAffairs of State: The Rise and Rejection of the Presidential Couple Since World War II\u003c\/i\u003e (Free Press); and of \u003ci\u003eSee How They Ran: The Changing Role of the Presidential Candidate\u003c\/i\u003e (Free Press).\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40214528163955,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":44.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_3ef7a307-ea1a-4a48-be2c-fbe6b3236fd8.jpg?v=1656509248","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/morning-in-america-how-ronald-reagan-invented-the-1980s-9780691130606","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}