read in Chapter 34 - Age of Globalization

1. Resurgence of partisanship
   • Bill Clinton, Ross Perot, Newt Gingrich, Robert Dole
   • Republican blunders, continuing resolutions
2. Economic Boom
   • "technology industries," NAFTA, GATT
   • two-tiered economy, Enron
3. New Economy
   • Bill Gates, Silicon Valley, Human Genome
   • "destabilizing" Japanese autos, Mexican workers
4. Changing Society
   • Latino, Asian immigration
   • African American middle and underclass
   • South Bronx hip hop, rap, Run-DMC, Dr. Dre
5. Contested Culture
   • Roe v. Wade, right-to-life, Clarence Thomas
   • Rachel Carson, DDT, Three Mile Island, Earth Day, SST
   • advertising "targeting" segments, VCR, MTV
   • categories constructed of race, class, gender

Outlines:

• Reagan Revolution 1981-84 and 1985-89
• George Bush 1989-1993
• Bill Clinton 1993-2001
• The Nineties
• Cold War Policies
• The Shopping Center
• Environmental History
Recording Technology History

Media:

• Television and the Presidency
• CNN The Cold War episode 19 "Freeze"
• ABC Evening News July 1, 1977
• CBS 60 Minutes "Landlord" segment January 10. 1982

Links:

• China Syndrome
• Michael Jackson and Bruce Springsteen
• S&L Crisis from FDIC
• Clamshell Alliance at Seabrook from Valley Advocate 1977
• 1987 Pro Footbal strike video from CNN
• CNN Video Archive
• MTV Top 100 Videos
• Peoples Century from PBS
• List of Lists