How The Other Half Lives Contributor(s): Riis, Jacob (Author) |
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ISBN: 1781396558 ISBN-13: 9781781396551 Publisher: Benediction Classics OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 19th Century - History | Modern - 20th Century - History | Social History |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.03 lbs) 200 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Jacob Riis, a police reporter and an immigrant himself, was intimately acquainted with the squalid living conditions in New York's tenements. He published this book to expose the reality of the quotidian life of New York's poorest in the 1880's. This ed |