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Princeton University Press 2006 Hardcover Very Good 0691124736. The book is in great overall condition, showing only minor cosmetic wear.; Princeton Studies In American Politics: Historical, International, And Comparative Perspectives, 176; 8vo 8"-9" tall.
Princeton University Press 2006 Hardcover Very Good in Very Good jacket Text is unmarked; pages are bright. Binding is sturdy, though the covers are a little flared. Dust jacket is ever so slightly edgeworn. 322pp.
ISBN10: 0691124736, ISBN13: 9780691124735, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover Text is unmarked; pages are bright. Binding is sturdy, though the covers are a little flared. Dust jacket is ever so slightly edgeworn. 322pp. [Hadley, MA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
Princeton University Press, Date: 2006-08-27. Hardcover. Like New. 9x6x0. Hardcover with dust jacket in Like New condition. Carefully packaged to avoid damage in shipping. 2006. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691124736 9780691124735 [US]
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Princeton University Press. Very Good. Date: 2006. Hardcover. 0691124736 . The book is in great overall condition, showing only minor cosmetic wear.; Princeton Studies In American Politics: Historical, International, And Comparative Perspectives, 176; 8vo 8" - 9" tall . 2006. Princeton University Press ISBN 0691124736 9780691124735 [US]
ISBN10: 0691124736, ISBN13: 9780691124735, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover The book is in great overall condition, showing only minor cosmetic wear.; Princeton Studies In American Politics: Historical, International, And Comparative Perspectives, 176; 8vo 8" - 9" tall [Highland, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 0691124736, ISBN13: 9780691124735, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover First Edition 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 $200 a month for every American over the age of sixty.Both the Townsend Plan, which organized two million older Americans into Townsend clubs, and the wider pension movement failed to win the generous and universal senior citizens' pensions their advocates demanded. But the movement provided the political impetus behind old-age policy in its formative years and pushed America down the track of creating an old-age welfare state.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.The book challenges the conventional wisdom that U.S. old-age policy was a result mainly of the Depression or farsighted bureaucrats. It also debunks the current view that America immediately embraced Social Security when it was adopted in 1935. And it sheds new light on how social movements that fail to achieve their primary goals can still influence soc ...
ISBN10: 0691124736, ISBN13: 9780691124735, [publisher: Princeton University Press] Hardcover Hardcover with dust jacket in Like New condition. Carefully packaged to avoid damage in shipping. [Bloomington, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
ISBN10: 0691124736, ISBN13: 9780691124735, [publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press] Hardcover First Edition An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Description: viii, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Old age pensions --United States --Individual retirement accounts --Social security. 1 Kg. [Galway, Ireland] [Publication Year: 2006]
Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, Date: 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; Description: viii, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Old age pensions --United States --Individual retirement accounts --Social security. 2006. Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press ISBN 0691124736 9780691124735 [IE]
ISBN10: 0691124736, ISBN13: 9780691124735, [publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press] Hardcover First Edition An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Description: viii, 322 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Subjects: Old age pensions --United States --Individual retirement accounts --Social security. 1 Kg. [New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2006]
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