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How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCreateSpace
ISBN-101438296630
ISBN-139781438296630
eBay Product ID (ePID)125858939
Product Key Features
Book TitleHow the Other Half Lives
Number of Pages184 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicPhotojournalism, Poverty & Homelessness, Sociology / Urban
GenreSocial Science, Photography
AuthorJacob Riis
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight14.9 Oz
Item Length10 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal305.5/69097471
Edition DescriptionSpecial
SynopsisHow the Other Half Lives was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting the squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. It served as a basis for future muckraking journalism by exposing the slums to New York City's upper and middle class. How The Other Half Lives quickly became a landmark in the annals of social reform. Riis documented the filth, disease, exploitation, and overcrowding that characterized the experience of more than one million immigrants. He helped push tenement reform to the front of New York's political agenda, and prompted then-Police Commissioner Theodore Roosevelt to close down the police-run poor houses. Roosevelt later called Riis "the most useful citizen of New York". Riis's idea inspired Jack London to write a similar exposé on London's East End, called People of the Abyss .
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- 12 Aug, 2023
Interesting read
Seller was quick. Have wanted to read this book since seeing Gangs of New York. Fascinating segment of America's history, not taught in school.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 30 Jun, 2022
great study
exceptional written doccumentary of the extrreeme poor in the Ny tennamentrsVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 01 May, 2023
Who knew?
Very interesting facts that are not often spoken about.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
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