Appalachian legacy : economic opportunity after the war on poverty /
In 1964 President Lyndon Johnson traveled to Kentucky's Martin County to declare war on poverty. The following year he signed the Appalachian Regional Development Act, creating a state-federal partnership to improve the region's economic prospects through better job opportunities, improved...
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Washington, D.C. :
Brookings Institution Press,
[2012]
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction : progress and prospects for Appalachia / James P. Ziliak
- Part I. Progress against poverty. 2. The Appalachian Regional Development Act and economic change / James P. Ziliak
- 3. Inequality and human capital in Appalachia: 1960-2000 / Dan A. Black and Seth G. Sanders
- 4. Family change and poverty in Appalachia / Daniel T. Lichter and Lisa A. Cimbaluk
- Part II. Future challenges for Appalachia. 5. Socioeconomic status, child health, and future outcomes : lessons for Appalachia / Janet Currie and Mariesa Herrmann
- 6. Cities, economic development, and the role of place-based policies : prospects for Appalachia / Matthew E. Kahn
- 7. Poverty traps and Appalachia / Steven N. Durlauf.
