Thomas Childers
Thomas Childers Jr. (born 1946) is an American historian and lecturer. He was hired by the University of Pennsylvania in 1976 and in 2017 the Sheldon and Lucy Hackney Professor of History Emeritus.Childers was born and raised in Cleveland, Tennessee. He later attended the University of Tennessee where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees. He gained his Ph.D. in History in 1976 from Harvard University. Much of Childers work focuses on war and society in the twentieth century, particularly World War I and II. His father and uncle both fought in World War II; his uncle was killed in action, and although Childers's father survived, the family still struggled to reunite after his return. This greatly impacted his childhood and influenced his 2009 book about the experiences of American veterans after the war, ''Soldier from the War Returning: The Greatest Generation's Troubled Homecoming from World War II''.
He has received several teaching awards including the Ira T. Abrahms Award in 1987 for Distinguish Teaching and Challenging Teaching in the Arts and Sciences, and the Richard S. Dunn Award for Distinguished Teaching in History. While teaching at the University of Pennsylvania Dr. Childers has taken many Visiting Professorships at well-known colleges such as the University of Cambridge, Swarthmore College, and Trinity Hall College. He has also done many lectures throughout the world in places like Oxford, Berlin, Munich, and London. Dr. Childers's work has been talked about by other historians. Some of those acknowledgements can be found in the book ''Historiography in the Twentieth Century from Scientific Objectivity to the Postmodern Challenge'' written by Georg G. Iggers. For example, Iggers states "Thomas Childers concentrates more directly on language." (Iggers 1997)
Childers has lectured on four of The Great Courses series. , he lives in Media, Pennsylvania. Provided by Wikipedia
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New Brunswick, N.J. : Childers, 1970
New Brunswick, N.J. : Childers, 1970
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by Childers, Thomas, 1940-
New Brunswick, N.J. : 1970
New Brunswick, N.J. : 1970
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by Childers, Thomas, 1940-
[Long Island, N.Y.] : [Task Force on Planning Library Development on Long Island], 1978
[Long Island, N.Y.] : [Task Force on Planning Library Development on Long Island], 1978
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by Childers, Thomas, 1940-
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Education, 1989
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Education, 1989
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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1978
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by Childers, Thomas, 1940-
New Brunswick, N. J. : Rutgers University, 1970
New Brunswick, N. J. : Rutgers University, 1970
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by Childers, Thomas, 1940-
Philadelphia, Pa. : Center for Information Research College of Information Studies, Drexel University, 1984
Philadelphia, Pa. : Center for Information Research College of Information Studies, Drexel University, 1984
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by Childers, Thomas, 1940-
Philadelphia, PA : Drexel University, College of Information Studies, 1989
Philadelphia, PA : Drexel University, College of Information Studies, 1989
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1970
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[Washington] : U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, Office of Libraries and Learning Resources, 1975
[Washington] : U.S. Dept. of Health, Education, and Welfare, Office of Education, Office of Libraries and Learning Resources, 1975
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by Childers, Thomas, 1940-
[Washington] Office of Education, Bureau of Libraries and Learning Resources, 1973
[Washington] Office of Education, Bureau of Libraries and Learning Resources, 1973
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by Childers, Thomas, 1940-
Philadelphia, Pa. : Center for Information Research College of Information Studies, Drexel University, 1984
Philadelphia, Pa. : Center for Information Research College of Information Studies, Drexel University, 1984
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by Childers, Thomas, 1940-
Philadelphia : Drexel University, 1975
Philadelphia : Drexel University, 1975
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Philadelphia, PA : [Washington, DC] : School of Library and Information Science, Drexel University ; U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center, 1981
Philadelphia, PA : [Washington, DC] : School of Library and Information Science, Drexel University ; U.S. Dept. of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, Educational Resources Information Center, 1981
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Philadelphia, PA : Drexel University, College of Information Studies, 1989
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Philadelphia, PA : Drexel University, College of Information Studies, 1989
Philadelphia, PA : Drexel University, College of Information Studies, 1989
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by Childers, Thomas, 1940-
Sacramento, Calif. : California State Library Foundation, 1991
Sacramento, Calif. : California State Library Foundation, 1991
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by Childers, Thomas, 1940-
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Education, 1989
Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Education, 1989
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by Childers, Thomas, 1940-
Norwood, N.J. : Ablex Pub. Corp., 1984
Norwood, N.J. : Ablex Pub. Corp., 1984
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Chicago : American Library Association, 1993
Chicago : American Library Association, 1993
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