What didnrsquo;t you like about the 1990smdash;the peace or the prosperity? Setting aside nostalgia for the end of the 20th century; this book takes a candid look at the decade after the Cold War and before 9/11; when Americarsquo;s culture war began with the election of a media-savvy; Baby Boomer president (and his liberal feminist wife). Bill Clintonrsquo;s postmodern administration betokened gay equality; an education-based labor force and a race and gender-diverse workplace and government; panicking conservatives and sparking the 1994 Republican Revolution. Meanwhile; with the advent of the 24-hour cable news cycle and the Internet; a media ldquo;punditocracyrdquo; arose. Parsing every event from the O.J. Simpson trial to the Monica Lewinsky scandal; commentators and talk show hosts spun news; politics and pop culture until they became one thing. Beginning with the ldquo;Red and Bluerdquo; partitioning of America that would nurture the Tea Party; and ending with the 9/11 attacks; this examination of the 1990s demonstrates how the decade shaped the world we live in today.
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