How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the tenements of New York
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Rating | : | 4.56 (721 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1781396981 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-08-21 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This edition is fully illustrated.. He published this book to expose the reality of the quotidian life of New York's poorest in the 1880's. Jacob Riis, a police reporter and an immigrant, was intimately acquainted with the squalid living conditions in New York's tenements