Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 From Civil Rights to Civic Disgrace -- 2 American Slavery: Contemporary Meanings and Uses -- 3 Scientific Racism and Social Class -- 4 Economics of Dominant-Subordinate Relations -- 5 White Uses of the Black Underclass -- 6 Race-Class Connections -- 7 City as Promise? Shades and Politics of Race, Class, and Gender -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.