Bibliograph

How the other half lives, studies among the tenements of New York, Jacob A. Riis ; with an introduction and notes by Luc Sante

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How the other half lives, studies among the tenements of New York, Jacob A. Riis ; with an introduction and notes by Luc Sante

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxiii-xxv)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How the other half lives

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

36656400

Responsibility statement

Jacob A. Riis ; with an introduction and notes by Luc Sante

Series statement

Penguin classics

Sub title

studies among the tenements of New York

Summary

Provides a detailed picture of what life in the slums of New York was like, how the slums were created, how and why they remained as they were, who was forced to live there, and offers suggestions for easing the lot of the poor

Table Of Contents

Genesis of the tenement -- Awakening -- Mixed crowd -- Down town back-alleys -- Italian in New York -- Bend -- Raid on stale beer dives -- Cheap lodging houses -- Chinatown -- Jewtown -- Sweaters of Jewtown -- Bohemians, tenement house cigarmaking -- Color line in New York -- Common herd -- Problem of the children -- Waifs on the city's slums -- Street Arab -- Reign of rum -- Harvest of tares -- Working girls of New York -- Pauperism in the tenements -- Wrecks and the waste -- Man with the knife -- What has been done -- How the case stands

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