The Townsend Movement and Populist Movements of the Depression Era: Causes and Consequences

这是对汤森运动的研究， 在大萧条时期为老年人提供养老金。 汤森酒店 运动可能包括多达五分之一的老年人， 1936年初。 这项研究将探讨汤森 运动的增长和蔓延整个美国，它 我将研究这场运动可能对 用于老年人的公共开支。 该研究将使用统计 方法，分析收集的数据，从历史档案， 从民意调查数据来看， 汤森运动和其他运动试图获得支持， 养老金。 这项研究的重点是一个流行的社会的结果， 运动，如汤森运动，是优势之一 的研究。 另一个优点是它结合了良好的 系统的定量分析。

This is a study of the Townsend movement which worked to secure pensions for the aged in the Depression. The Townsend movement may have included as many as one-fifth of the aged at the start of 1936. The study will examine how the Townsend movement grew and spread throughout the United States, and it will examine what effects this movement may have had on public spending for old people. The study will use statistical methods to analyze data collected from historical archives around the country and from polling data about the strengths of the Townsend movement and other movements trying to gain support for pensions for the aged. The study's focus on the outcomes of a popular social movement, such as the Townsend movement, is one of the strengths of the study. Another strength is its combination of good history with systematic quantitative analysis.