© Columbia University Press
A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn 1636-1990
July, 2000
Paper, 320 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-11907-8
$28.00
/ £19.50
"Readers, casual students and scholars alike will surely benefit from his compilation of sources and his well-articulated interpretation of the power of race in shaping social and economic conditions in Brooklyn over three centuries." — Choice
"A major contribution to the history of race . . . Wilder's stylish and inventive book stands out." — American Historical Review
"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
"Powerfully demonstrates the persistence and pervasiveness of race." — Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua, Journal of American History
"One of the best books to date examining the relationship between race and class and their evolution over time in New York City. Its major theme of how racism and white privilege were used to subordinate and keep blacks in the lowest political, social and economic position over time is persuasively argued from the first to the last chapter." — Clarence Taylor, author of The Black Churches of Brooklyn