There is a theme throughout Foner’s work of the reconstruction being a second founding, and he views that broadly.
The real difference is the greater space given to the historical context in Foner’s Second Founding. The Second Founding, in some ways, is a book-length exploration of what Akhil Reed Amar did in a single chapter in his America’s Constitution: A Biography. The Second Founding is mainly looking at the history around the Reconstruction Constitutional Amendments, the 13th, 14th, and 15th. I am a big fan of Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution 1863-1877 by Eric Foner. I have yet to read his biography of Lincoln or his book on the Underground Railroad, but those are both on my list to get to eventually. Summary: A historical look at the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments in the context of reconstruction history.
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