Nothing But Freedom: Emancipation and Its Legacy
Eric Foneris the DeWitt Clinton Professor of History at Columbia  University and the author ofReconstruction: America's Unfinished  Revolution, 1863-1877,winner of numerous awards including the Bancroft  Prize, and many other books.  He serves on the editorial boards ofPast  and PresentandThe Nationand has written for theNew  York Times,Washington Post,Los Angeles Times,London  Review of Books,among other publications.