Eric Foner
Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University. In his teaching and scholarship, he focuses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and nineteenth-century America. He has served as president of the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association. In 2006, he received the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching from Columbia University. His most recent books are The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery ,...See more
Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University. In his teaching and scholarship, he focuses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and nineteenth-century America. He has served as president of the Organization of American Historians and the American Historical Association. In 2006, he received the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching from Columbia University. His most recent books are The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery , winner of the Bancroft and Lincoln Prizes and the Pulitzer Prize for History; Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad , winner of the New York Historical Society Book Prize; and The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution . See less
Eric Foner's Featured Books
Eric Foner book reviews
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Give Me Liberty!: An American History
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by Rosa L, Oct 19, 2014
Fast shipping. New Book as described. Thanks!!! :) Read More
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Our Lincoln: New Perspectives on Lincoln and His World
New Essays on Lincoln
Lincoln remains unique in his ability to inspire Americans of all backgrounds and walks of life. This collection of eleven new essays edited by the distinguished historian Eric Foner helps explain ... Read More
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Free soil, free labor, free men: the ideology of the Republican Party before the Civil War.
Really an excellent introduction to not only the ideological/psychological/cultural aspects that led to war, but also the political systems of the time - and their evolution into what we know of ... Read More