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When Movements Matter The Townsend Plan and the Rise of Social Security
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When Movements Matter accounts for the origins of Social Security as we know it. The book tells the overlooked story of the Townsend Plan--a political organization that sought to alleviate poverty ...
When Movements Matter accounts for the origins of Social Security as we know it. The book tells the overlooked story of the Townsend Plan--a political organization that sought to alleviate poverty and end the Great Depression through a government-provided retirement stipend of
Details
- Creator
- Edwin Amenta
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2008
- ©2008
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource : 34 halftones. 7 tables
- ISBNs
- 9780691124735, 0691138265, 9780691221212, 9780691138268, 0691221219, 0691124736
- OCLC
- on1273305803, on1223025983
- Originally published: 2006.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- In English.
- Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface -- Introduction. The Townsend Plan’s Image Problem -- One. Success or Consequences, and U.S. Social Movements -- Two. How the West Was Won Over -- Three. Behind the Townsend Plan’s Rise and Initial Impact -- Four. The Townsend Plan versus Social Security -- Five. A National Challenger -- Six. Dr. Townsend, Now at the Helm -- Seven. The Rise of a Pension Movement -- Eight. The Townsend Plan versus Social Security, Part 2 -- Nine. The Elusive Double Victory -- Conclusion. A Hero for the Aged? -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index