Slavery, the Civil War, & Reconstruction

by Eric Foner

An essay looks at questions surrounding the Civil War era, including the regional differences in slavery, the impact of the Civil War on non-slaveholding whites, and the role of blacks during the conflict.

30 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 1990

About the author

Eric Foner is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University, where he earned his B.A. and Ph.D. In his teaching and scholarship, Foner focuses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, slavery, and nineteenth-century America. His Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863–1877, won the Bancroft, Parkman, and Los Angeles Times Book prizes and remains the standard history of the period. His latest book published in 2010 is The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery.

In 2006 Foner received the Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching at Columbia University. He has served as president of the Organization of American Historians, the American Historical Association, and the Society of American Historians.

Reviews

[LA · Rating 3 out of 5]

historical overview pamphlet of the milieu, by Foner

[Kathy Hale · Rating 3 out of 5]

A small pamphlet discussing the changing attitudes of scholars of aspects of the Civil wAr and Reconstruction. Very interesting. I will have to look into something called "The Whiskey ring"