Daniel Geary is Mark Pigott Associate Professor in U.S. History at Trinity College Dublin and author of Radical Ambition: C. Wright Mills, the Left, and American Social Thought.

• Introduction. Crisis of EqualityChapter 1. The Liberal MindsetChapter 2. Negro Equality-Dream or Delusion?Chapter 3. The New RacismChapter 4. The Death of White SociologyChapter 5. Feminism and the Nuclear Family NormChapter 6. From National Action to Benign NeglectEpilogue. A Mixed LegacyNotesArchival Collections ConsultedIndexAcknowledgments

"The Moynihan Report is well-trodden historical ground, but Geary offers the most extensive and nuanced discussion to date of its intellectual, social, and political context and of its significant historical impact." (American Historical Review) "A concise, lucid, and wonderfully readable account. With remarkable acuity and grace, Beyond Civil Rights provides an utterly persuasive history of both the Moynihan Report and the ongoing argument about it." (Howard Brick, University of Michigan) "Daniel Geary provides a fresh portrait and insightful analysis of Daniel Patrick Moynihan during his heyday, and a nuanced framework for assessing the famous report and its wide-ranging impact-and more. Beyond Civil Rights is a path-breaking study of the limits of liberalism during a time of racial crisis and transformation." (Patricia Sullivan, University of South Carolina) "Written with an easy grace and accessibility, Beyond Civil Rights enriches our understanding of race politics, myth-making, and rhetorical brinksmanship over the last fifty years. Sophisticated and immensely enjoyable." (Jonathan Holloway, Yale University)