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  • How the Other Half Lives

    by Jacob Riis ...
    The Danish-American journalist Jacob Riis visited the slums of New York City to highlight the squalor in which the "other half" lived. He used flash photography (a new innovation), tables of statistics, and personal stories to vividly depict the city's various neighborhoods and ethnic groups. But the book isn't merely a factual documentary-it's also a moralistic appraisal of greedy landlords, the ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD

  • Neighbors: Life Stories of the Other Half

    by Jacob August Riis ...
    “You get the money, or out you go! I ain’t in the business for me health,” and the bang of the door and the angry clatter of the landlord’s boots on the stairs, as he went down, bore witness that he meant what he said. Judah Kapelowitz and his wife sat and looked silently at the little dark room when the last note of his voice had died away in the hall. They knew it well enough—it was their last ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

    by Jacob August Riis ...
    Long ago it was said that “one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.” That was true then. It did not know because it did not care. The half that was on top cared little for the struggles, and less for the fate of those who were underneath, so long as it was able to hold them there and keep its own seat. There came a time when the discomfort and crowding below were so great, and ... Read more

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  • How the Other Half Lives (Illustrated Edition)

    by Jacob Riis ...
    Jacob Riis (May 3, 1849 May 26, 1914) is best known as a social reformer who used photography to document different social classes. In particular, his journalism and photography displayed the plight of the poor in New York City, and his attempt to help them resulted in How the Other Half Lives, a turn of the century documentary of sorts that he hoped would shed light on the social issues of the ... Read more

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  • How the Other Half Lives

    by Jacob A. Riis, Lucy Sante ...
    First published in 1890, Jacob Riis's remarkable study of the horrendous living conditions of the poor in New York City had an immediate and extraordinary impact on society, inspiring reforms that affected the lives of millions of people.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin ... Read more

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  • Out of Mulberry Street

    Stories of Tenement Life in New York City

    by Jacob Riis ...
    Writer-reformer Jacob Riis's Out of Mulberry Street: Stories of Tenement Life in New York City is a collection of short stories offering a glimpse into the difficult lives of those who toiled and dreamed within the crowded tenements of New York City at the turn of the century.These stories, focused on the poor in New York, resonate with timeless themes of resilience, community, and the human ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • How the Other Half Lives

    by Jacob A. Riis ...
    How the Other Half Lives was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting the squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. It served as a basis for future muckraking journalism by exposing the slums to New York City's upper and middle class. How The Other Half Lives quickly became a landmark in the annals of social reform. Riis documented the filth, disease, ... Read more

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  • How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

    by Jacob A. Riis ...
    "How the Other Half Lives" is a chronicle of the conditions of abject poverty that the residents of the slums of New York at the end of the 19th century had to endure. Riis, who as an immigrant himself lived in these tenements on the lower east side of Manhattan, exposed the horrible conditions while working as a reporter for the New York Tribune. This book when first published in 1890 shed a much ... Read more

    $3.99 CAD

  • How the Other Half Lives: Jacob A. Riis' Glimpse into the Tenements of New York

    by Jacob A. Riis ...
    How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. Riis: Gain a poignant and eye-opening perspective on urban life with "How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York" by Jacob A. Riis. This groundbreaking work combines text and photography to expose the harsh living conditions of immigrants in New York City during the late 19th century, sparking a ... Read more

    $1.36 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Out of Mulberry Street

    Stories of Tenement Life in New York City

    by Jacob A. Riis ...
    Gripping stories about the impoverished people of some of the most crime ridden streets and alleys in New York City. The author, an early reformist and champion for the poor wrote many articles and journals exposing the plight of these people, this book being one of them.I stood, and stared at it. It looked dry, almost withered. Probably it had come a long way. Not much holly grows about Printing ... Read more

    $2.05 CAD

  • The old town

    by Jacob A. Riis ...
    "The Old Town" by Jacob A. Riis is a vivid exploration of life in the impoverished neighborhoods of New York City during the late 19th century. Riis, a pioneering photojournalist, uses his keen observational skills to document the struggles and resilience of the immigrant communities. Through a combination of powerful imagery and poignant narratives, he sheds light on the harsh realities faced by ... Read more

    $1.31 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

    by Jacob A. Riis ...
    The belief that every man’s experience ought to be worth something to the community from which he drew it, no matter what that experience may be, so long as it was gleaned along the line of some decent, honest work, made me begin this book. With the result before him, the reader can judge for himself now whether or not I was right. Right or wrong, the many and exacting duties of a newspaper man’s ... Read more

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