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How the Other Half Lives (Paperback): Jacob A. Riis

How the Other Half Lives (Paperback)

Jacob A. Riis

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During the 1890s many people in upper- and middle-class society were unaware of the dangerous conditions in the slums among poor immigrants. Jacob Riis, a Danish immigrant who himself could not originally find much work, hoped to expose the squalor of the 19th-century Lower East Side of Manhattan. After a successful career as a police reporter, he decided to publish a photojournal documenting these conditions using graphic descriptions, sketches, photographs, and statistics. Riis blamed the apathy of the monied class for the condition of the New York slums, and assumed that as people were made more aware of these conditions they would be motivated to help eradicate them.

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Imprint: Smk Books
Country of origin: United States
Release date: October 2012
First published: October 2012
Authors: Jacob A. Riis
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 978-1-61720-467-8
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Poverty
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Homelessness
Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > Unemployment
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
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LSN: 1-61720-467-6
Barcode: 9781617204678

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