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  • How the Other Half Lives
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    During the 1890s many people in upper- and middle-class society were unaware of the dangerous conditions in the slums among poor immigrants. Jacob Riis, a Danish immigrant who himself could not originally find much work, hoped to expose the squalor of the 19th-century Lower East Side of Manhattan. After a successful career as a police reporter, he decided to publish a photojour...
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  • How the Other Half Lives
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    Jacob Riis’s classic is an open window into a world unknown to most. Originally published in 1890, this classic inditement of slum life remains an outstanding example of the value of investigative journalism and its potential to change the world for the better. Riis was one of the earliest 'muck-rakers,' which President Theodore Roosevelt defined as, 'taking the rake to uncover...
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    10,31 €

  • How the Other Half Lives
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    A classic early example of 'muck-racking' journalism, or reporting by reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt, 'How the Other Half Lives' is a chronicle of the conditions of abject poverty that the residents of the slums of New York endured at the end of the 19th century. Danish immigrant Jacob A. Riis saw first-hand the h...
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    11,04 €

  • The Making of an American, Illustrated
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    “When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it—but all that had gone before.” —Jacob Riis, The Making of an AmericanJournalist Jacob Riis wrote his autobiography, The Making ...
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    25,52 €

  • Theodore Roosevelt
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    “Of the President I am proud with reason, but the friend I love. And if I can make you see him so, as a friend and a man, I have given you the master-key to him as a statesman as well.” —Jacob Riis, Theodore Roosevelt—The CitizenTheodore Roosevelt—The Citizen (1904) was written by Jacob Riis, a journalist and good friend of Roosevelt’s. Riis explained that his book was not goin...
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    32,05 €

  • How the Other Half Lives
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    In this is the classic indictment of slum life, written by one of the most famous reformers of the nineteenth century. "How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York" explained not only the living conditions in New York slums, but also in the sweatshops in some tenements which paid workers only a few cents a day. The book explains the plight of working child...
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    12,86 €

  • How the Other Half Lives - Studies Among the Tenements of New York
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    Classic Books Library presents this brand new edition of 'How the Other Half Lives' (1890) by Jacob Riis. This powerful collection of photographs depicts the slums of New York during the 1800s. As an émigré, Riis witnessed the poverty and crowded conditions of the city, and turned to photojournalism to document street life. Mastering the innovative use of flash, and being one o...
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    29,07 €

  • How the Other Half Lives (Studies Among the Tenements of New York)
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    A classic early example of “muck-racking” journalism, or reporting by reform-minded American journalists who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt, “How the Other Half Lives” is a chronicle of the conditions of abject poverty that the residents of the slums of New York endured at the end of the 19th century. Danish immigrant Jacob A. Riis saw first-hand the h...
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    11,04 €

  • How the Other Half Lives
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    2015 Reprint of 1957 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Originally published in 1890, this is the classic indictment of slum life, written by one of the most famous reformers of the nineteenth century. 'How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York' explained not only the living conditions in...
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    11,65 €

  • How the Other Half Lives
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    During the 1890s many people in upper- and middle-class society were unaware of the dangerous conditions in the slums among poor immigrants. Jacob Riis, a Danish immigrant who himself could not originally find much work, hoped to expose the squalor of the 19th-century Lower East Side of Manhattan. After a successful career as a police reporter, he decided to publish a photojour...
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    14,89 €

  • The Battle with the Slum
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    American journalist JACOB AUGUST RIIS (1849-1914) was the man for whom the term muckraker was coined, and the reason why is perfectly stark in this collection of true stories from the slums of late-19th-century New York City.As a police reporter and photographer for several newspapers in the 1870s, Riis became intimate with-and disgusted by-the most crime-ridden areas of the ci...
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    30,72 €

  • The Battle with the Slum
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    American journalist JACOB AUGUST RIIS (1849-1914) was the man for whom the term muckraker was coined, and the reason why is perfectly stark in this collection of true stories from the slums of late-19th-century New York City.As a police reporter and photographer for several newspapers in the 1870s, Riis became intimate with-and disgusted by-the most crime-ridden areas of the ci...
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    54,40 €

  • Children Of The Tenements
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world’s literature in affordable, high quality, modern edit...
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    38,64 €

  • The Making of an American by Jacob A. Riis, Biography & Autobiography, History
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    The papers which form this autobiography were originally published in The Outlook, the chapter telling of my going 'home to mother' in The Churchman, and parts of one or two others in The Century Magazine. To those who have been asking if they are made-up stories, let me say here that they are not. And I am mighty glad they are not. I would not have missed being in it all for a...
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    14,32 €

  • How the Other Half Lives
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    '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...
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    10,94 €

  • The Making Of An American
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    ''The Making of an American'' is a memoir written by Jacob A. Riis, a Danish-American journalist and social reformer. The book chronicles Riis’ journey from his impoverished upbringing in Denmark to his eventual success as a journalist and advocate for social reform in America. Riis describes his struggles as an immigrant in a new country, including poverty, discrimination, and...
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    33,47 €

  • How The Other Half Lives
    Jacob A. Riis / Jacob ARiis
    How The Other Half Lives is a groundbreaking book by Jacob A. Riis that exposes the harsh living conditions of the poor in New York City during the late 19th century. Through a combination of photographs and written descriptions, Riis vividly portrays the squalor and overcrowding of tenement housing, the exploitation of child labor, and the struggles of immigrant families. Riis...
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    30,64 €