LEADER 02815nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910786347603321 005 20230725034831.0 010 $a0-8179-1256-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000276573 035 $a(EBL)3301881 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000784529 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11443008 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784529 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10763745 035 $a(PQKB)10866907 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301881 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301881 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10622934 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL551677 035 $a(OCoLC)821216878 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000276573 100 $a20101015d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aUp from the projects$b[electronic resource] $ean autobiography /$fWalter E. Williams 210 $aStanford, Calif. $cHoover Institution Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (160 p.) 225 1 $aHoover Institution Press Publication 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8179-1254-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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"" 330 $a"From his lower-middle-class beginnings in a mixed but predominantly black neighborhood in West Philadelphia to his department chairmanship at George Mason University, the life of Walter E. Williams is an "only in America" story of achievement. In Up from the Projects, this nationally syndicated columnist and prolific author recalls some of the highlights and turning points of his life"--Jacket p. [4]. 410 0$aHoover Institution Press Publication 606 $aEconomists$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American economists$vBiography 606 $aJournalists$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American journalists$vBiography 606 $aCollege teachers$vBiography 606 $aAfrican American college teachers$vBiography 615 0$aEconomists 615 0$aAfrican American economists 615 0$aJournalists 615 0$aAfrican American journalists 615 0$aCollege teachers 615 0$aAfrican American college teachers 676 $a330.092 700 $aWilliams$b Walter E$g(Walter Edward),$f1936-2020.$01525273 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786347603321 996 $aUp from the projects$93766544 997 $aUNINA