The technological revolution by Barbour, Scott, 1963- instant download

The technological revolution by Barbour, Scott, 1963- instant download

Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-311) and index, Foreword -- Introduction -- Early 1980s: Political crisis, solidarity, and technological progress: 1980 Moscow Olympic boycott / Christopher R. Hill -- Failed Iranian hostage rescue mission / Gary Sick -- Reagan revolution / Rowland Evans and Robert Novak -- Death of a Beatle / Allan J. Mayer, Susan Agrest, and Jacob Young -- Emergence of the AIDS epidemic / Douglas A. Feldman and Julia Wang Miller -- Birth of the personal computer / Martin Campbell-Kelly and William Aspray -- Martial law in Poland / Neal Ascherson -- Ronald Reagan announces \"Star Wars\" / Ronald Reagan -- Late 1980s: Disaster, scandal, and conflict: Tragedy in space: Challenger explosion / Claudia Glenn Dowling -- Nuclear nightmare: Chernobyl disaster / Nigel Hawkes et al. -- Scandal in the White House: Iran/Contra affair / Lawrence E. Walsh -- Step toward nuclear disarmament: Signing the INF treaty / Mikhail Gorbachev -- Intifada: Palestinian uprising and the Israeli response / Phil Marshall -- \"I am still alive\": Tiananmen Square protests / Chai Ling -- Obscenity vs. censorship: Debate over arts funding in America / Miriam Horn and Andy Plattner -- Crack cocaine and gangsta rap / Nelson George -- Communism falters in Eastern Europe: Revolutions of 1989: Tearing down the Berlin Wall / Robert Darnton -- Velvet revolution: Democracy comes to Czechoslovakia / Vaclav Havel -- Bringing down Ceausescu: Revolt in Romania / Martyn Rady -- Early 1990s: Competing forces for liberation and aggression: Freedom in South Africa / Nelson Mandela -- Operation Desert Storm: War in the Persian Gulf / George Bush -- Collapse of the Soviet Union / Bernard Gwertzman -- War in Bosnia / Carole Rogel -- Los Angeles riots and the plight of the inner city / Maxine Waters -- Toni Morrison wins the Nobel Prize / Gail Caldwell -- Genocide in Rwanda / Alain Destexhe -- Voice of a generation is lost: Suicide of Kurt Cobain / Robert Hilburn -- Growth of the…