"Based on material from Grey House Publishing's Working Americans Series by Scott Derks."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 USWHAT WE SAW, WROTE, READ & LISTENED TO. All Around Us1980s

SECTION FIVE: CENSUS DATA. State-by-State Comparative Tables: 1980, 1990 and 2010. Twenty-First Decennial Census of the United States. Special Reports. 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. 1990 Census of Population. General Population Characteristics -- General Social and Economic Characteristics -- General Housing Characteristics -- Detailed Ancestry Groups for States -- Detailed Occupation and Other Characteristics. Further Reading. Index