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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Walter E. (Walter Edward), 1936-2020.

Series:

Hoover Institution Press Publication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economists--Biography.

Economists.

African American economists--Biography.

African American economists.

Journalists--Biography.

Journalists.

African American journalists--Biography.

African American journalists.

College teachers--Biography.

College teachers.

African American college teachers--Biography.

African American college teachers.

Williams, Walter E. (Walter Edward), 1936-2020.

Williams, Walter E.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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].

Contents:

""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""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817912567

0817912568

OCLC:

821216878