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How the Other Half Lives

by Jacob August Riis

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This famous journalistic record of the filth and degradation of New York's slums at the turn of the century is a classic in social thought and a monument of early American photography. Captured on film by photographer, journalist, and reformer Jacob Riis, more than 100 grim scenes reveal man's struggle to survive.

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This famous journalistic record of the filth and degradation of New York's slums at the turn of the century is a classic in social thought and a monument of early American photography. Captured on film by photographer, journalist, and reformer Jacob Riis, more than 100 grim scenes reveal man's struggle to survive.

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ISBN:
9780486220123
Designed:
Madison, C. A.
Author:
Madison, C. A.
Designed by:
Madison, C. A.
Designed:
Madison, C. A.
Author:
Riis, Jacob
Author:
Riis, Jacob August
Author:
Riis, Jacob A.
Publisher:
Dover Publications
Location:
New York
Subject:
History
Subject:
United States - General
Subject:
New york (state)
Subject:
Sociology - Urban
Subject:
Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings
Subject:
Graphic Arts
Subject:
Poor
Subject:
Tenement houses
Subject:
Poor -- New York (State) -- New York.
Subject:
Jewish - General
Subject:
Tenement houses -- New York (State) -- New York.
Subject:
Sociology-Urban Studies
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
19710631
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
233
Dimensions:
7.88 x 10 in 1.39 pd

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"Synopsis" by , < div> < div> This famous journalistic record of the filth and degradation of New York's slums at the turn of the century is a classic in social thought and of early American photography. Over 100& nbsp; photographs. < /div> < /div>
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This famous journalistic record of the filth and degradation of New York's slums at the turn of the century is a classic in social thought and a monument of early American photography. Captured on film by photographer, journalist, and reformer Jacob Riis, more than 100 grim scenes reveal man's struggle to survive.

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