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Pathfinder for 1980-1989: Big Hair, Big Business

Web Sites

Title

Awesome80s.com

URL

http://www.awesome80s.com/Awesome80s/

Description

Includes 1980's culture, movies, music, news, sports, science & technology, and a timeline.

Title

The '80's Server

URL

http://www.80s.com/

Description

Features daily 1980's news tidbits, a 1980's survey, entertainment, resources, and community links.

Title

InThe80s.com

URL

http://www.inthe80s.com/index.shtml

Description

1980's music, movies, television, world events, fads & fashions.

Books

Title

The Complete Fashion sourcebook

Author

John Peacock

Call Number

391.00904 P313c 2005

Description

Fashion in the 1980s tended toward the functional and the formal. Women of the period typically wore wide shoulder pads, short skirts, and high heels, while the colorful and relaxed men's fashions of the 1970s gave way to more conventional modes of dress. This is a reference book.

Title

The 1980s from Ronald Reagan to MTV

Author

Stephen Feinstein

Call Number

973.92 F3278n8

Description

Traces the events, trends, and important people of the 1980's, including science, technology, enviornmental disasters, politics, fashion, the arts, sports, and entertainment.

Title

American Decades: 1980-1989

Author

Gale Research

Call Number

Ref 973.92 5218

Description

An overview and chronology covering the entire decade, which includes biographies, explanations of concepts, terms and events, quotations, charts, sidebars covering high-interest topics, and much more.

Title

Cutting Edges: Making Sense of the Eighties

Author

Charles Krauthammer

Call Number

973.926 K869c

Description

A collection of essays covering topics such as AIDS, abortion, Baby Fae, Star Wars, Bitburg, Nicaragua, Geraldine Farraro, and Mario Cuomo.

Title

Day by Day, the Eighties

Author

Ellen Metzler and Marc Aronson

Call Number

Ref 909.820202 m496d

Description

A chronology of world events with quick reference to specific events as they happened or as they were brought to light. The book tries to provide a feel for what it was like to live during the 1980's.

Title

Fashions of a Decade. The 1980's

Author

Vicky Carnegy

Call Number

391.009048 C215f

Description

A pictorial survey chronicling the interenational clothing fashions of the 1980's.

Title

Pride and Prosperity, the 80s

Author

Time-Life Books

Call Number

973.927 P932

Description

Revisit those days--a time when the country experienced a resurgence of national pride, yet many American traditions seemed to have been turned on their heads. Conspicuous consumption became a national virtue. Wall Street opportunists shook the world of finance to its core. The Berlin Wall came down. AIDS arrived. Michael Jordan turned pro.

	Title	Awesome80s.com
	URL	http://www.awesome80s.com/Awesome80s/
	Description	Includes 1980's culture, movies, music, news, sports, science & technology, and a timeline.

	Title	The '80's Server
	URL	http://www.80s.com/
	Description	Features daily 1980's news tidbits, a 1980's survey, entertainment, resources, and community links.

	Title	InThe80s.com
	URL	http://www.inthe80s.com/index.shtml
	Description	1980's music, movies, television, world events, fads & fashions.

	Title	The Complete Fashion sourcebook
	Author	John Peacock
	Call Number	391.00904 P313c 2005
	Description	Fashion in the 1980s tended toward the functional and the formal. Women of the period typically wore wide shoulder pads, short skirts, and high heels, while the colorful and relaxed men's fashions of the 1970s gave way to more conventional modes of dress. This is a reference book.

	Title	The 1980s from Ronald Reagan to MTV
	Author	Stephen Feinstein
	Call Number	973.92 F3278n8
	Description	Traces the events, trends, and important people of the 1980's, including science, technology, enviornmental disasters, politics, fashion, the arts, sports, and entertainment.

	Title	American Decades: 1980-1989
	Author	Gale Research
	Call Number	Ref 973.92 5218
	Description	An overview and chronology covering the entire decade, which includes biographies, explanations of concepts, terms and events, quotations, charts, sidebars covering high-interest topics, and much more.

	Title	Cutting Edges: Making Sense of the Eighties
	Author	Charles Krauthammer
	Call Number	973.926 K869c
	Description	A collection of essays covering topics such as AIDS, abortion, Baby Fae, Star Wars, Bitburg, Nicaragua, Geraldine Farraro, and Mario Cuomo.

	Title	Day by Day, the Eighties
	Author	Ellen Metzler and Marc Aronson
	Call Number	Ref 909.820202 m496d
	Description	A chronology of world events with quick reference to specific events as they happened or as they were brought to light. The book tries to provide a feel for what it was like to live during the 1980's.

	Title	Fashions of a Decade. The 1980's
	Author	Vicky Carnegy
	Call Number	391.009048 C215f
	Description	A pictorial survey chronicling the interenational clothing fashions of the 1980's.

	Title	Pride and Prosperity, the 80s
	Author	Time-Life Books
	Call Number	973.927 P932
	Description	Revisit those days--a time when the country experienced a resurgence of national pride, yet many American traditions seemed to have been turned on their heads. Conspicuous consumption became a national virtue. Wall Street opportunists shook the world of finance to its core. The Berlin Wall came down. AIDS arrived. Michael Jordan turned pro.