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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459610903321

Autore

Bradshaw Michael

Titolo

The Appalachian regional commission : twenty-five years of government policy / / Michael Bradshaw ; with a foreword by John D. Rockefeller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lexington, Kentucky : , : The University Press of Kentucky, , 1992

©1992

ISBN

0-8131-8587-4

0-8131-6221-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 pages) : illustrations, maps, charts, tables

Disciplina

353.0082320974

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Appalachian Region Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Maps, Charts, and Tables; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Appalachia: Planning and Public Policy; 2. Origins of the Problems of Appalachia; 3. The Origins of the ARC: Mid-1950's to 1965; 4. The Early Development of the ARC, 1965-75; 5. The Maturity of the ARC, 1975-80; 6. The Reagan Years, 1981-89; 7. A Political Approach to Regional Development; 8. The Wider Significance of the ARC; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

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,



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996384472503316

Autore

Albemarle George Monck, Duke of, <1608-1670.>

Titolo

Three letters from the Lord General Monck, Commander in Chief of the forces in Scotland [[electronic resource] ] : and one of the commissioners by act of Parliament for the government of the army of this commonwealth viz. to Mr. Speaker, to the Lord Fleetwood, to the Lord Lambert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Printed by Christopher Higgins, 1659

Descrizione fisica

[7] p

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Reproduction of original in the Bodleian Library.

Contains letters to the Speaker of Parliament, to Lord Fleetwood, and to Lord Lambert, all dated October 20, 1659.

Sommario/riassunto

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