A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn

Craig Steven Wilder

Columbia University Press, 2000 - History - 325 pages

In this social history of Brooklyn, Craig Steven Wilder contends that power relations are the starting point for understanding the area's turbulent racial dynamics. He explores the evolution of the Brooklyn ghetto and uses Brooklyn as a lens through which to view larger issues in America.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn; A Covenant with Color: Race and Social Power in Brooklyn, Craig Steven Wilder; Columbia history of urban life; History of Urban Life Series
• Author: Craig Steven Wilder
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0231119062, 9780231119061
• Length: 325 pages
• Subjects: History / United States / State & Local / General; Social Science / Sociology / Urban