How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
Jacob A. (Jacob August) Riis
Subjects: Poor -- New York (State) -- New York, Tenement houses -- New York (State) -- New York, HV, I
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Subjects: Poor -- New York (State) -- New York, Tenement houses -- New York (State) -- New York, HV, I
Downloads: 505
How 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.
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