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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817273803321

Autore

Williams Walter E (Walter Edward), <1936->

Titolo

Up from the projects : an autobiography / / Walter E. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, 2010

ISBN

0-8179-1256-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Collana

Hoover Institution Press Publication

Disciplina

330.092

Soggetti

Economists

African American economists

Journalists

African American journalists

College teachers

African American college teachers

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

""Front Cover ""; ""Book Title""; ""Copyright ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""One - Starting Out""; ""Two - Rudderless and Drifting""; ""Three - In the Army Now""; ""Four - Heading West for Opportunity""; ""Five - Heading East for Opportunity""; ""Six - Teaching and Preaching""; ""Seven - Afterthoughts""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

"From his lower-middle-class beginnings in a mixed but predominantly black neighborhood in West Philadelphia to his department chairmanship at George Mason University, the life of Walter E. Williams is an "only in America" story of achievement. In Up from the Projects, this nationally syndicated columnist and prolific author recalls some of the highlights and turning points of his life"--Jacket p. [4].