Stephanie Brown’s Reviews > Triumph of the Yuppies: America, the Eighties, and the Creation of an Unequal Nation > Status Update
Stephanie Brown
is reading
Engaging history of the aspirational trends of the Reagan era which mimicked the political and generational trends which led us to today. Thes are commonplace now: conservatism, coffee beans, fitness culture, the demise of mid-price for cheap or very expensive, college over blue collar. Tales of '80s people and things I'd forgotten about, which made it an entertaining read.
— May 27, 2026 10:11AM
Like flag
Stephanie’s Previous Updates
Stephanie Brown
is reading
Engaging history of the aspirational trends of the Reagan era which mimicked the political and generational trends which led us to today. Thes are commonplace now: conservatism, coffee beans, fitness culture, the demise of mid-price for cheap or very expensive, college over blue collar. Tales of '80s people and things I'd forgotten about, which made it an entertaining read.
— May 27, 2026 10:11AM

