How the other half lives : studies among the tenements of New York /

How the other half lives : studies among the tenements of New York /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914.
Imprint:	Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ©2010.
Description:	xxxix, 315 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	John Harvard library John Harvard library.
Subject:	Tenement houses -- New York (State) -- New York. Poor -- New York (State) -- New York. Poor. Tenement houses. New York (State) -- New York.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10425163

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ISBN:	9780674049321 (pbk.) 0674049322 (pbk.)
Notes:	Originally published by same publisher in 1970, with the addition of an introduction, chronology of Riis's life, and a selected bibliography. Wherever possible, the engravings based on the Riis's originals that were included in the 1970 ed. are replaced by Riis's original photographs. Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-308) and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Introduction
Note on the Text
Chronology of Jacob A. Riis's Life
How the Other Half Lives
Preface
Introduction
Genesis of the Tenement
The Awakening
The Mixed Crowd
The Downtown Back Alleys
The Italian in New York
The Bend
A Raid on the Stale-Beer Dives
The Cheap Lodging Houses
Chinatown
Jewtown
The Sweaters of Jewtown
The Bohemians-Tenement House Cigarmaking
The Color Line in New York
The Common Herd
The Problem of the Children
Waifs of the City's Slums
The Street Arab
The Reign of Rum
The Harvest of Tares
The Working Girls of New York
Pauperism in the Tenements