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1	How the Other Half Lives more books like this by Jacob A Riis add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
2	How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York more books like this by Jacob August Riis add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $2.14! new only from $10.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The making of an American more books like this by Jacob A Riis add to wishlist 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 Of Campaigns At sunset on the second day after my desertion of PfeiSer I walked across a footbridge into a city with ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.29! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Battle with the Slum more books like this by Jacob A Riis add to wishlist 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. see all copies from $7.95! new only from $10.00! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Theodore Roosevelt the Citizen more books like this by Jacob August Riis add to wishlist see all copies from $3.95! new only from $15.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Children of the Tenements more books like this by Jacob August Riis add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $14.83! new only from $14.83! \| first editions \| SVS
7	A Ten Years' War: An Account of the Battle with the Slum in New York more books like this by Jacob A. Riis add to wishlist see all copies from $20.50! new only from $20.50! \| first editions \| SVS
8	How the Other Half Lives; Studies Among the Tenements of New York, by Jacob A. Riis; With Illustrations Chiefly from Photographs Taken by the Author. more books like this by Jacob August Riis add to wishlist see all copies from $14.94! new only from $21.45! \| SVS
9	Hero Tales of the Far North more books like this by Jacob August Riis add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.07! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Battle with the Slum / By Jacob A. Riis. more books like this by Jacob A Riis (Jacob August) add to wishlist see all copies from $27.24! new only from $27.24! \| SVS
11 view cover	The Peril and the Preservation of the Home: Being the William L. Bull Lectures for the Year 1903 by Jacob August Riis add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $15.55! new only from $16.51! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Constructive and Preventive Philanthropy by Joseph Lee add to wishlist see all copies from $18.27! new only from $18.27! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	A Ten Years' War more books like this by Jacob August Riis add to wishlist 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. ... see all copies from $17.48! new only from $17.48!
14 view cover	Jacob Riis more books like this by Bonnie Yochelson, Jacob August Riis (Photographer) add to wishlist 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. see all copies from $3.51! new only from $26.10!
15 view cover	Neighbors: Life Stories of the Other Half / By Jacob A. Riis. more books like this by Jacob A Riis (Jacob August) add to wishlist see all copies from $14.95! new only from $18.54! \| first editions
16	The old town more books like this by Jacob August Riis add to wishlist see all copies from $8.00! first editions
17 view cover	Is There a Santa Claus? by Riis Jacob a (Jacob August) add to wishlist see all copies from $12.50! new only from $12.50!

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