America’s Reconstruction was published in conjunction with a major exhibition on the era produced by the Valentine Museum and the Virginia Historical Society. Including nearly 300 images from this remarkable collection, America’s Reconstruction examines the origins of this crucial time, explores how black and white southerners responded to the eradication of slavery, traces the political disputes between Congress and President Andrew Johnson, and analyzes the policies of the Reconstruction governments and the reasons for their demise. 

Eric Foner is the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia University and the author of Reconstruction: America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877, winner of numerous awards including the Bancroft Prize, and many other books. He serves on the editorial boards of Past and Present and The Nation and has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, London Review of Books, among other publications.