Foner, Eric

Analyzes the relationship of the historian to the past and future of the world, and focuses on globalization, collapse of the Soviet Union, the removal of apartheid in South Africa and the legacies of slavery in the United States.

Contains nine essays, written between 1983 and 2001, in which the author considers the relationship between the historian and his or her world, discussing the politics of history and historians, the rethinking of history in a changing world, and depictions of the Civil War.

Draws on a wide range of documents to offer a new interpretation of the Emancipation and Reconstruction years and the lasting impact they had on the nation's history.

Encyclopedia of the United States from the origins of its native people to the 1990s. Covers political, economic, cultural, and social history.

Examines the origins of Reconstruction during the Civil War, explores how African-American and white Southerners responded to defeat and the destruction of slavery, and examines the policies of Reconstruction governments and the reasons for their overthrow.

Chronicles how Americans responded to the changes unleashed by the Civil War and the end of slavery.