How the Other Half Lives
By Jacob A. Riis
Introduction by Lucy Sante
Notes by Lucy Sante
By Jacob A. Riis
Introduction by Lucy Sante
Notes by Lucy Sante
By Jacob A. Riis
Introduction by Lucy Sante
Notes by Lucy Sante
By Jacob A. Riis
Introduction by Lucy Sante
Notes by Lucy Sante
Category: Classic Nonfiction | Politics
Category: Classic Nonfiction | Politics
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$17.00
Nov 01, 1997 | ISBN 9780140436792
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Nov 01, 1997 | ISBN 9781101221624
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Table Of Contents
List of Illustrations
Introduction by Luc Sante
Suggestions for Further Reading
A Note on the Text
How the Other Half Lives
Preface
Introduction
1 Genesis of the Tenement
2 The Awakening
3 The Mixed Crowd
4 The Down Town Back-alleys
5 The Italian in New York
6 The Bend
7 A Raid on the Stale-beer Dives
8 The Cheap Lodging-houses
9 Chinatown
10 Jewtown
11 The Sweaters of Jewtown
12 The Bohemians–Tenement-house Cigarmaking
13 The Color Line in New York
14 The Common Herd
15 The Problem of the Children
16 Waifs of the City’s Slums
17 The Street Arab
18 The Reign of Rum
19 The Harvest of Tares
20 The Working Girls of New York
21 Pauperism in the Tenements
22 The Wrecks and the Waste
23 The Man with the Knife
24 What Has Been Done
25 How the Case Stands
Appendix
Explanatory Notes
21 Books You’ve Been Meaning to Read
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