How the other half lives
studies among the tenements of New York
by Jacob A. Riis
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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 late nineteenth century.
An extensive introduction by David Leviatin - both a historian and a professional photographer - places Riis and his work in the context of turn-of-the-century urban reform. Also included are extensive gloss notes on the text, a chronology, questions for consideration, a bibliography, and an index.
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Museum of the City of New York, Photograph collections, Poor, Poverty, Social conditions, Tenement houses, Tenement-houses, Propagation, Woody plants, Cuttings, Poor, new york (state), new york, New york (n.y.), social conditions, SlumsPeople
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How the other half lives: studies among the tenements of New York
1996, Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press
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How the other half lives: studies among the tenements of New York.
1971, Dover
in English
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How the other half lives: studies among the tenements of New York
1957, Hill and Wang
in English
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How the other half lives: studies among the tenements of New York
1890, Charles Scribner's Sons
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 266) and index.
Originally published: New York : Scribner, 1890.
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A photographic collection exposing social conditions and daily life in the slums of late 19th century New York City. The title of the book is a reference to a sentence by French writer and philosopher François Rabelais, who famously wrote in his Pantagruel : "one half of the world does not know how the other half lives" ("la moitié du monde ne sait pas comment l'autre vit").
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