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Tables of Contents for A Covenant With Color
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Prologue: The Trial of Race
1
4
Race and Social Power: Slavery and the Evolution of an Idea, 1636-1827
5
16
Little Masters: Slavery and the Evolution of a City, 1636-1827
21
22
``Rugged Industries'': The Commercial Revolution in Kings County, 1797-1876
43
16
Irish Over Black: The Advent of Bourgeois Democracy in Kings County, 1800-1865
59
22
Hope, Hate, and the Class Struggle: The End of Slavery's Dominion in the City of Churches, 1827-1865
81
26
The Legacy of Mastery: The Rise and Prestige of Jim Crow in Brooklyn, 1865-1930
107
28
Fruit of the Class Struggle: Labor Segmentation and Exclusion in Brooklyn, 1865-1950
135
24
The Covenant of Color: Race, Gender, and Defense Work in Brooklyn, 1930-1945
159
16
Vulnerable People, Undesirable Places: The New Deal and the Making of the Brooklyn Ghetto, 1920-1990
175
44
``A Society Such as Our Own'': Education and Labor in the Brooklyn Ghetto, 1950-1990
219
16
Epilogue: A Fair Interpretation
235
8
Notes
243
48
Bibliography
291
24
Index
315