. . "1943-02-07Z"^^ . . . "Eric Foner (born February 7, 1943) is an American historian. On the faculty of the Department of History at Columbia University since 1982, he writes extensively on political history, the history of freedom, the early history of the Republican Party, African American biography, Reconstruction, and historiography."@en . . . . . "1943Z"^^ . "Eric Foner"@en . . . . . . .