The other eighties: a secret history of America in the age of Reagan

Calling to halt : the nuclear freeze campaign

The Central American solidarity movement : opposing secret wars in the backyard

"Unsightly huts" : shanties and the divestment movement

Popular culture and the culture wars

Noise from underground : post-punk music, culture, and politics

Fighting the power : the response of African American politics and culture

Fighting the backlash : the many paths of feminism

The shock troops of direct action : ACT UP confronts the AIDS crisis

Epilogue: the other Eighties in the age of Obama