Description:
Examining race, class, and society in Brooklyn over three centuries from the colonial period to the present, A Covenant with Color maps out the genesis, transformation, and dissemination of racial beliefs--observing them in action "on the ground."
Review Quotes: Fills a real gap in the social history of American cities.... Appealing for its deft interweaving of personal with broadly demographic data and for Wilder's unusually compelling narrative style.-- "Journal of Social History"