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Toynbee Hall, founded in the slums of London's East End in 1884 by the Rev. Samuel Barnett, was the first settlement house established in England or America and remains one of the best known. This book traces the history of the Toynbee Hall ethos of community. Meacham focuses first on the roots of... More

The new Ninth Edition maintains the qualities that have made it a success, while incorporating new material that enriches the text's global coverage and comparative approach. The text also boasts an elegant new design that features full-color illustrations and maps throughout. World Civilizations o... More

Between 1943 and 1945 nearly fifty thousand German prisoners of war, mostly from the German Afrika Korps, lived and worked at seventy POW camps across Texas. Camp Hearne, located on the outskirts of rural Hearne, Texas, was one of the first and largest German prisoner-of-war camps in the United Sta... More