02807nam 2200673Ia 450 991081727380332120200520144314.00-8179-1256-8(CKB)2670000000276573(EBL)3301881(SSID)ssj0000784529(PQKBManifestationID)11443008(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784529(PQKBWorkID)10763745(PQKB)10866907(MiAaPQ)EBC3301881(Au-PeEL)EBL3301881(CaPaEBR)ebr10622934(CaONFJC)MIL551677(OCoLC)821216878(EXLCZ)99267000000027657320101015d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrUp from the projects an autobiography /Walter E. Williams1st ed.Stanford, Calif. Hoover Institution Press20101 online resource (160 p.)Hoover Institution Press PublicationDescription based upon print version of record.0-8179-1254-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.""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"""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].Hoover Institution Press PublicationEconomistsBiographyAfrican American economistsBiographyJournalistsBiographyAfrican American journalistsBiographyCollege teachersBiographyAfrican American college teachersBiographyEconomistsAfrican American economistsJournalistsAfrican American journalistsCollege teachersAfrican American college teachers330.092Williams Walter E(Walter Edward),1936-1660728MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910817273803321Up from the projects4108706UNINA