Background
Williams, Carey Mc was born on December 13, 1905 in Steamboat Springs, Colorado, United States. Son of Jerry and Harriet (Casley) McWilliams.
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Carey Mc Williams
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Bachelor of Laws, University Southern California, 1927.
Career
Admitted to California bar, 1927, practiced in Los Angeles, 1927-1938, member firm Black, Hammack & McWilliams. Commissioner immigration and housing State of California, 1938-1942. Contributing editor The Nation, New York City, 1945-1951, associate editor, 1951-1952, editorial director, 1952-1955, editor, 1955-1975.
Author: Ambrose Bierce: a Biography, 1929.
Factories in the Field, 1939. Illinois Fares the Land, 1942.
Brothers Under the Skin, 1943. Prejudice, 1944; Southern California Country: An Island on the Land, 1946.
A Mask for Privilege: Anti-Semitism in America, 1948.
North from Mexico: The Spanish-Speaking People of the United States, 1949. California: The Great Exception, 1949. Witchhunt: The Revival of Heresy, 1950.
Editor: The California Revolution, 1968.
The Education of Carey McWilliams, 1979. Contributor to Dictionary of America Biography, numerous magazines
Home: New York, New New York
Achievements
Membership
Member firm Black, Hammack & McWilliams.
Connections
Married Iris Dornfeld, September 10, 1941. Children: Wilson Carey, Jerry Ross.
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Nationality
American