This is an historical exploration of the US pensioner movements of the late 1920s through to the early 1950s, and the insights they offer policy analysts and researchers on how the forthcoming retirement of the Baby-Boom generation could proceed.

Chapter 1 Will the Boomers Have Their Ham and Eggs?; Chapter 2 Ham and Eggs; Chapter 3 The Nonpension Ingredients of Ham and Eggs; Chapter 4 Townsend Versus Social Security; Chapter 5 Gerontocracy's Last Stand: Earl Warren and Uncle George; Chapter 6 Twenty-First Century Ham and Eggs?;