Click the Google Preview button to take a look inside this book. The 1980s Decade in PhotosThe Triumph of DemocracySeries: Amazing Decades in PhotosBy Jim Corrigan DetailsDetails ReviewsReviews America emerges from its malaise in the 1980s. Meanwhile severe social, economic, and military pressures force the Soviet Union to abandon its longstanding political doctrine. The U.S. stands alone as the world’s sole superpower. Through the good times there were also bad ones—the Space Shuttle CHALLENGER exploded and the worst nuclear power accident in history occurs at Chernobyl. Read more about the 1980s in this photo-driven book.Publication Date: 01/01/2010Copyright: 2010Pages: 64Trim Size: 7 1/2 x 9Illustrations: Illus. with color and black-and-white photographs and illustrationsGrade Level: 5–upAge Level: 10–upLC Number: 2008052627Dewey: 909.82FormatsFormatISBNList PriceDiscount PriceLibrary Bound Book978-0-7660-3137-1$30.27$22.70 ". . . each 64-page book in this outstanding series features an informed and informative accompanying text . . . strongly recommended for both school and community library collections."Children's Bookwatch, January 2010"Reluctant readers will be drawn to these pictorial histories . . ."The Horn Book Guide, Fall 2010"Attractive and readable, this series will be popular with browsers and beginning researchers."School Library Journal, April 2010See all reviews Loading… Other books in Amazing Decades in Photos 12 Loading… Loading… Reviews". . . this title is filled with information and data."TriState Young Adult Book Review Committee, March 2010"Attractive and readable, this series will be popular with browsers and beginning researchers."School Library Journal, April 2010"Reluctant readers will be drawn to these pictorial histories . . ."The Horn Book Guide, Fall 2010". . . each 64-page book in this outstanding series features an informed and informative accompanying text . . . strongly recommended for both school and community library collections."Children's Bookwatch, January 2010"The mainly color photographs and illustrations drive the easy-to-read narrative . . . simple sentence structure works well for older students needing hi-lo resources."Library Media Connection, March/April 2010"Characterizing a decade in one slim book involves making choices--Corrigan generally does quite well at selecting nineteen significant events or developments for each decade since 1900."Children's Literature Library Bound Book: 978-0-7660-3137-1 List Price: $30.27 Discount Price: $22.70 + Add to wish list Please log in Log in or register to create a wish list. Login or Register Loading… -----OR----- Click to buy at Amazon.com or Barnes and Noble