01421cam a2200277 4500 75884956 TxAuBib 20110518120000.0 101015s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780817912543 0817912541 9780817912550 pbk. $14.95 081791255X pbk. $14.95 BTCTA eng BTCTA DLM YDXCP VLB KWW TxAuBib Williams, Walter E., 1936-, (Walter Edward.) Up from the projects : an autobiography / Walter E. Williams. Stanford, Calif : Hoover Institution Press, 2010. x, 150 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and 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." --Back cover. 20110518. Economists Biography. African American economists Biography. Nonfiction ordered December 2010. Williams, Walter E., 1936-, (Walter Edward.)