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A collection of photographs made at public places and events in the United States, intended to caricaturize American pop culture.

From more than ten thousand interviews, StoryCorps--the largest oral history project in the nation's history--presents a tapestry of American stories, told by the people who lived them to the people they love. StoryCorps began with the idea that everyone has an important story to tell. And since 2003, this remarkable project has been collecting the stories of everyday Americans from all ages, backgrounds, and walks of life and preserving them for future generations. Here, StoryCorps founder Dave Isay selects some of the most remarkable stories from the already vast collection and arranges them thematically into a moving portrait of American life. The voices here connect us to real people and their lives--to their experiences of profound joy, sadness, courage and despair, to good times and hard times, to good deeds and misdeeds.--From publisher description.

Photographs taken on May 2, 1986 show America's rich and poor, young and old, laborers, farmers, students, soldiers, performers, politicians, and illegal immigrants.

Answers questions about manners, behavior, responsibility, hygiene, and everyday life in the United States. An activities section is included.

Discusses the political, historical, and cultural life of the United States in the 1980s, including the end of communism, the Iran-Contra affair, and pop culture of the time.

A social history of the U.S., examining four periods, from 1960 to 1966, 1967 to 1974, 1975 to 1980, and the decade of the 1980s, discussing how the details of everyday living were affected by issues such as the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and popular culture.

Outlines the decade's most important news events and milestones in popular culture.

Presents nineteen essays on the history of rap and hip-hop music and the controversies surrounding it, covering such topics as "gangsta" rap and homophobia.

Discusses the political, economic, and cultural life of the United States during the 1990s, discussing changes in Washington D.C., violence, trends in families and education,gender and race conflict, and other issues.