| 1963 | Beyond the Melting Pot. Moynihan's first book is an ethnographic study of New York City, which, according to critic Andrew Hacker, initiated "the so-called 'ethnic revival'" of books treating ethnicity and assimilation issues. Moynihan would follow it with The Negro Family: The Case for National Action (1965), which highlights the breakdown of the traditional black family. Glazer, a sociologist, taught at the University of California at Berkeley. Moynihan was a professor of urban politics and education at Harvard and would serve as U.S. ambassador to India (1973-1975) and as a U.S. Senator from New York (1977-2000). |
