Published in 1890, "How The Other Half Lives" was an instant best seller in the United States. This critical edition is based on the 1901 edition of the work, provided by The Jacob A. Riis Collection of the Museum of the City of New York. 'Contexts' includes a section on Riis in his own words in addition to his contemporaries' reaction to the ...
This is the first modern edition of Jacob Riis's classic work to follow, in both content and layout, the original 1890 edition. The only teaching edition that includes all 51 of the book's original illustrations, this volume provides students with the full impact of tenement life and the living conditions of New York City's immigrant poor in the ...
Classic work of reportage documents life of the urban poor at the turn of the century. Compelling real-life tales and rare photographs celebrate efforts to demolish breeding grounds of crime and improve conditions in schools, tenements, and playgrounds.
Jacob August Riis (1849-1914) was a Danish- American muckraker journalist, photographer, and social reformer. He is known for his dedication to using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the less fortunate in New York City, which was the subject of most of his prolific writings and photographic essays. He helped with the ...
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III I Go To War At Last And Sow The Seed Op Campaigns At sunset on the second day after my desertion of Pfeiffer I walked across a footbridge into a city with ...
This volume - investigating the work of a particular photographer, in this case, Jacob Riis - comprises a 4000-word essay by an expert in the field, 55 photographs presented chronologically, each with a commentary, and a biography of the featured photographer.
Jacob Riis was an American journalist, photographer and social reformist. Riis arrived in the United States in 1870, a time of social turmoil just after the Civil War. Riis wrote How the Other Half Lives about the poor houses he had lived in when first arriving in America. His work was read by Theodore Roosevelt who was so moved he ordered the ...
This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ...
Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. Excerpt from book: Section 3Ill The Tenement: Cueing Its Blight I Stood at Seven Dials and heard the policeman's account of what it used to be. Seven Dials is no more like the slum of old than is the Five Points to-day. ...
Edition: 1st Edition, Reprinted.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Hodder and Stoughton
Date Published: 1904
Description: Description: xii, 471 p: ill; 23 cm. Subjects: Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)--Life--Works--Biography. Notes: Includes index. Genre: Bibliography. Near fine in the original title-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. 1. pp. 471. read more
Edition: 1st Edition, Reprinted.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: London: Hodder and Stoughton
Date Published: 1904
Description: Description: xii, 471 p: ill; 23 cm. Subjects: Roosevelt, Theodore (1858-1919)--Life--Works--Biography. Notes: Includes index. Genre: Bibliography. Near fine in the original title-blocked cloth. Panel edges very slightly dust-toned as with age. Corners sharp with an overall tight, bright and clean impression. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780393930269ISBN:0393930262
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. 554 p. Contains: Illustrations. Norton Critical Editions. Audience: General/trade. Instructor Desk Copy, exact same text as in Student Edition, free tracking, we ship FAST. read more
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