{"id":4523,"date":"2018-08-24T03:56:49","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T03:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/blog\/american-colossus-h-w-brands-books-historian-political-views-biography\/"},"modified":"2018-08-24T03:56:49","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T03:56:49","slug":"american-colossus-h-w-brands-books-historian-political-views-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.austinshortfilm.com\/politics\/american-colossus-h-w-brands-books-historian-political-views-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"American Colossus &#8211; H. W. Brands: Books, Historian, Political Views, Biography,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gwLUz1jDgEI\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Henry William Brands Jr. (born August 7, 1953 in Portland, Oregon) is an American educator, author and historian. His books: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/search?ie=UTF8&#038;tag=tra0c7-20&#038;linkCode=ur2&#038;linkId=2d2942f7be9a3586fea170fa2237aae5&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;index=books&#038;keywords=hw%20brands<\/p>\n<p>He has authored 30 books on U.S. history. He holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned his Ph.D. in history in 1985. His works have twice been selected as finalists for the Pulitzer Prize.<\/p>\n<p>While working on his doctorate, Brands taught social studies and math &#8212; courses including world history, American history, Algebra II and calculus &#8212; at Kirby Hall School and Austin Community College. His preferred method of transit was his bicycle as he commuted between classes at the University of Texas and his teaching responsibilities at the college preparatory school on the fringe of the UT campus and ACC&#8217;s Rio Grande site in Central Austin. In his first year after completing his doctorate, Brands worked as an oral historian at the University of Texas School of Law. The year following he taught at Vanderbilt University. In 1987 he took a position at Texas A&#038;M University, where he remained for the next seventeen years. He made the daily commute from his home in Austin to teach in College Station. In 2005, he joined the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, where he is currently the Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History and Professor of Government. At the University of Texas Brands holds the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/H._W._Brands<\/p>\n<h3>More info on American Colossus &#8211; H. W. 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