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050 00 $aHD7105.35.U6$bA45 2006
082 00 $a368.4/300973$222
100 1 $aAmenta, Edwin,$d1957-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97060954
245 10 $aWhen movements matter :$bthe Townsend plan and the rise of social security /$cEdwin Amenta.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $aviii, 322 pages :$billustrations ;$c25 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aPrinceton studies in American politics
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [245]-310) and index.
505 00 $tIntroduction : the Townsend Plan's image problem -- $g1.$tSuccess or consequences, and U.S. social movements -- $g2.$tHow the West was won over -- $g3.$tBehind the Townsend Plan's rise and initial impact -- $g4.$tThe Townsend Plan versus Social Security -- $g5.$tA national challenger -- $g6.$tDr. Townsend, now at the helm -- $g7.$tThe rise of a pension movement -- $g8.$tThe Townsend Plan versus Social Security, part 2 -- $g9.$tThe elusive double victory -- $tConclusion : a hero for the aged?
520 1 $a"Drawing on a wealth of primary evidence, historical detail, and arresting images, Edwin Amenta traces the ups and downs of the Townsend Plan and its elderly leader Dr. Francis E. Townsend in the struggle to remake old age. In the process, Amenta advances a new theory of when social movements are influential."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aOld age pensions$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008108608
650 0 $aIndividual retirement accounts$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008104421
650 0 $aSocial security$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111200
830 0 $aPrinceton studies in American politics.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92061567
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip063/2005032896.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0654/2005032896-d.html
852 00 $bglx$hHD7105.35.U6$iA45 2006