Toynbee Hall - Fifty Years Of Social Progress 1884-1934

The book tells the story of Toynbee Hall, the 'Mother of Settlements', which celebrated its jubilee in 1934. The foundation of the Settlement by Samuel Barnett and a small group of Oxford & Cambridge men in 1884 was the first contribution of the universities to the great social awakening which took place in England. By 1910 more settlement houses were founded in England in the areas of Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Birmingham, Liverpool, and elsewhere in London and other countries. With a 'Preface' by The Archbishop Of Canterbury & an 'Introduction' by J. J. Mallon & illustrations. / This is a 1st edition hardback with its dustjacket in good condition-the dustjacket is price-cliped & it is chipped&repaired & creased. (315 pages & 20 pages of introduction & 16 pages of illustration).