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Speak softly and carry a big mic! Theodore Roosevelt gives advice for imperialists and history podcasts.
In this episode, H.W. Brands turns back the clock to the 1890s and draws parallels to our biggest issues today. This is part TWO of a two part conversation about the end of the 19th century, where we focus on "Expansionism" and the United States' rise on the world stage. Professor Brands melds presidential history with the messy politics of the era to explain WHY Americans seemed so eager to invade other countries. Let's return to the Reckless Decade!
Dr. H. W. Brands was born in Portland, Oregon, where he lived until he went to California for college. He attended Stanford University and studied history and mathematics. After graduating he became a traveling salesman, with a territory that spanned the West from the Pacific to Colorado. His wanderlust diminished after several trips across the Great Basin, and he turned to sales of a different sort, namely teaching.
For nine years he taught mathematics and history in high school and community college. Meanwhile he resumed his formal education, earning graduate degrees in mathematics and history, concluding with a doctorate in history from the University of Texas at Austin. He worked as an oral historian at the University of Texas Law School for a year, then became a visiting professor of history at Vanderbilt University. In 1987 he joined the history faculty at Texas A&M University, where he taught for seventeen years. In 2005 he returned to the University of Texas, where he holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History.
He has written thirty books, coauthored or edited five others, and published dozens of articles and scores of reviews. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the International Herald Tribune, the Boston Globe, the Atlantic Monthly, the Smithsonian, the National Interest, the American Historical Review, the Journal of American History, the Political Science Quarterly, American History, and many other newspapers, magazines and journals. His writings have received critical and popular acclaim. The First American and Traitor to His Class were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Prize.
Editing by Jordan Hawthorne
Hosted and produced by Joseph Eden Hawthorne (not related!)
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Speak softly and carry a big mic! Theodore Roosevelt gives advice for imperialists and history podcasts.
In this episode, H.W. Brands turns back the clock to the 1890s and draws parallels to our biggest issues today. This is part TWO of a two part conversation about the end of the 19th century, where we focus on "Expansionism" and the United States' rise on the world stage. Professor Brands melds presidential history with the messy politics of the era to explain WHY Americans seemed so eager to invade other countries. Let's return to the Reckless Decade!
Dr. H. W. Brands was born in Portland, Oregon, where he lived until he went to California for college. He attended Stanford University and studied history and mathematics. After graduating he became a traveling salesman, with a territory that spanned the West from the Pacific to Colorado. His wanderlust diminished after several trips across the Great Basin, and he turned to sales of a different sort, namely teaching.
For nine years he taught mathematics and history in high school and community college. Meanwhile he resumed his formal education, earning graduate degrees in mathematics and history, concluding with a doctorate in history from the University of Texas at Austin. He worked as an oral historian at the University of Texas Law School for a year, then became a visiting professor of history at Vanderbilt University. In 1987 he joined the history faculty at Texas A&M University, where he taught for seventeen years. In 2005 he returned to the University of Texas, where he holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History.
He has written thirty books, coauthored or edited five others, and published dozens of articles and scores of reviews. His articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the International Herald Tribune, the Boston Globe, the Atlantic Monthly, the Smithsonian, the National Interest, the American Historical Review, the Journal of American History, the Political Science Quarterly, American History, and many other newspapers, magazines and journals. His writings have received critical and popular acclaim. The First American and Traitor to His Class were finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and the Los Angeles Times Prize.
Editing by Jordan Hawthorne
Hosted and produced by Joseph Eden Hawthorne (not related!)