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Eric Foner
A renowned historian's quest to redefine America's past challenges powerful forces determined to control the narrative of freedom and equality.
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Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect Union(2022)
Self
The Big Scary 'S' Word(2020)
Self - Professor of History, Columbia University
All In: The Fight for Democracy(2020)
Self
Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free Speech(2009)
Self - professor, Columbia University
Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans(2008)
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The Presidents(2005)
Self - Professor of History, Columbia University
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Biography
Eric Foner is an American historian whose research focuses on American political history, the concept of freedom, the early Republican Party, African‑American biography, the Civil War and Reconstruction. He has been a faculty member in Columbia University’s Department of History since 1982 and has written several textbooks that are widely used, including the Give Me Liberty! series for high school classrooms. The Open Syllabus Project lists him as the most frequently cited author on college history syllabi, indicating his considerable influence within historical scholarship.
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- Great Migrations: A People on the MoveSelf - historian · 2025
- Preserving Democracy: Pursuing a More Perfect UnionSelf · 2022
- The Big Scary 'S' WordSelf - Professor of History, Columbia University · 2020
- All In: The Fight for DemocracySelf · 2020
- Shouting Fire: Stories from the Edge of Free SpeechSelf - professor, Columbia University · 2009
- The PresidentsSelf - Professor of History, Columbia University · 2005
- Nat Turner: A Troublesome PropertySelf · 2003
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