Up from the Projects: An Autobiography

Up from the Projects: An Autobiography

by Walter E. Williams
Up from the Projects: An Autobiography

Up from the Projects: An Autobiography

by Walter E. Williams

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Overview

Nationally syndicated columnist and prolific author Walter E. Williams recalls some of the highlights and turning points of his life. From his lower middle class beginnings in a mixed but predominantly black neighborhood in West Philadelphia to his department chair at George Mason University, Williams tells an "only in America" story of a life of achievement.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780817912550
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press
Publication date: 12/01/2010
Series: HOOVER INST PRESS PUBLICATION
Edition description: First Edition, 1st Edition
Pages: 160
Product dimensions: 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Walter E. Williams is the John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a nationally syndicated columnist. He is the author of several books and more than sixty articles that have appeared in such scholarly journals such as Economic Inquiry, American Economic Review, and Social Science Quarterly and popular publications such as Reader's Digest, Regulation, Policy Review, and Newsweek.

Table of 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
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