Eric Foner

Eric Foner, a member of The Nation’s editorial board and the DeWitt Clinton Professor Emeritus of History at Columbia University, is the author, most recently, of The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution.

Rebel Yell Rebel Yell

The recent march in South Carolina, demanding the removal of the Confederate flag from the state Capitol is the latest episode in a long-running debate over the legacy of slavery.&...

Jan 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

Our Monumental Mistakes Our Monumental Mistakes

To the surprise of historians themselves, history--or at least its public presentation--has become big business.

Oct 21, 1999 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

The Other Impeachment The Other Impeachment

Once before in American history, during the turbulent era of Reconstruction that followed the Civil War, a President was impeached by the House and tried before the Senate--Andre...

Dec 17, 1998 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner

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