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When Movements Matter: The Townsend Plan and the Rise of Social Security - Princeton Studies in American Politics
Edwin Amenta
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When Movements Matter: The Townsend Plan and the Rise of Social Security - Princeton Studies in American Politics
Edwin Amenta
Accounts for the origins of Social Security as we know it. This book tells the 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 $200 a month for every American over the age of sixty.
336 pages, 34 halftones. 7 tables.
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 21, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780691138268 |
| Publishers | Princeton University Press |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 235 × 20 mm · 482 g |
| Language | English |
