The Appalachian Regional Commission: Twenty-Five Years of Government Policy

by Michael Bradshaw (Author)

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  2014

  $55.39

  The images of poverty in Appalachia that John F. Kennedy used in his campaign for the presidency in 1960 shocked and disturbed many Americans. Five years later, President Lyndon Johnson and the US Congress created of the Appalachian Regional Commission. Michael Bradshaw explores the ARC's unique federal-state partnership and analyses in detail the contributions of the local development districts.