I have come to the conclusion that the influence of eugenics, often coupled with Confederate nostalgia, defined race relations in the U.S. from early suburbanization in the 1880s to WWII. Having written about this in my new book, "Not in My Neighborhood: How Bigotry Shaped a Great American City," I was particularly eager to read Ordover's work. The deeper I got into it, the more excited I got. She writes with grace and effectiveness about such gruesome events as phycisian-ordered butchery of sexual organs. Her documentation is first rate. She has engrossing stories to tell. This is an important work on eugenics.