TY - BOOK ID - 138435811 TI - The Appalachian Regional Commission PY - 1992 SN - 0813185874 0813162211 9780813162218 0813117615 9780813117614 0813151392 9780813151397 PB - Lexington, Ky. University Press of Kentucky DB - UniCat KW - Appalachian Regional Commission. KW - Appalachian Region KW - Economic conditions. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138435811 AB - 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 U.S. Congress demonstrated their commitment to that neglected and exploited region with the creation of the Appalachian Regional Commission. In this insightful book, Michael Bradshaw explores the ARC's unique federal-state partnership and analyses in detail the contributions of the local development districts.But this work is more than an analysis of a government agency; it is, as Bradshaw notes, ER -