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This is Who We Were: In The 1980s

Table of Contents

Essay on the 1980s




Introduction




Section One: Profiles




1980: Alberto Enriquez, Sergeant First Class, Desert One Mission: Iran




1981: Elizabeth Putnam, 15-Year Old Migrant Worker from New York




1982: Brad Lawson, Sound Assistant for Austin City Limits TV Show




1982: Greg Tilsner, Software Company Executive from California




1983: Anna Delgado, Anti-Nuclear Weapons Movement Protestor




1983: Maggi Taylor, 23-year-old Boom Operator in New York




1983: Alicia Burack, Civilian (Medical Student), Invasion of Grenada




1983: Jim Rosser, National Football League Referee




1984: Stephen Hessenfeld, Fine Tuned Hasbro’s GI Joe




1984: Rigo Garcia, 23-year-old Construction Worker from Costa Rica




1985: James Krenov, Master Woodworker and College Professor




1985: Paul Howe, Professional Football Player




1985: Edwidge Dominique, 23-year-old Artist from Haiti in Miami




1985: Valerie Jaffen, 12-year-old Cellist from Connecticut




1985: Alex Behr, Corporate Director of European Operations




1985: Carleen Cahill, Classical Music Singer




1986: Jake Szmanda, Timber Industry Worker and Animal Conservationist




1986: James Kennedy Jarrett, Super Accurate Rifle Guru




1986: Maria Knapp, Scientist from California




1987: Aaron Slayton, Brainy Kid Turned Tutor




1987: Adam Quigley, Lawyer from New York




1988: Ahmed Waltari, Cell Phone Magnate from Williamstown, New York, and Monaco




1989: Bill Reindollar, Created Cash Register Repair Service




1989: Carlos Piccolo, Cross-Country Runner




1989: Sergeant Luella Sprague, Invasion of Panama




1989: Charles Coughlin Myers, Anti-Abortion Protestor




1989: An Dung and Nguyet Nguyen, Vietnamese Immigrants in Chicago




1989: Irby Hipp, Teenage Video-Game Player from West Virginia




Section Two: Historical Snapshots




Early 1980s




Mid 1980s




Late 1980s




Section Three: Economy of the Times




Consumer Expeditures




Annual Income




Selected Prices




Value of a Dollar Index 1860-2015




Section Four: All Around Us—What We Saw, Wrote, Read & Listened To




All Around Us—1980s




Section Five: Census Data




We the Americans: Women




We the Americans: Blacks




We the Americans: Hispanics




We the Americans: Asians




We the Americans: Pacific Islanders




We the Americans: First Americans




We the Americans: Foreign Born




We the Americans: Elderly




We the Americans: Children




We the Americans: Our Education




We the Americans: Our Homes




General Population Characteristics




General Social and Economic Characteristics




General Housing Characteristics




Detailed Ancestry Groups for States




Detailed Occupation and Other Characteristics




Further Reading