How The Other Half Lives (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781161435474)

""How The Other Half Lives"" is a groundbreaking work of social documentary photography and journalism written by Jacob A. Riis, a Danish-American journalist and social reformer. First published in 1890, the book exposes the living conditions of the impoverished and working-class communities in New York City during the late 19th century. Through a combination of vivid photographs and firsthand accounts, Riis sheds light on the overcrowded tenements, unsanitary living conditions, and rampant poverty that plagued the city's lower classes. The book was instrumental in bringing attention to the need for urban reform and social justice, and it remains a powerful indictment of inequality and injustice in America's urban centers.THERE is another line not always so readily drawn in the tenements, yet the real boundary line of the Other Half: the one that defines the ""flat."" The law does not draw it at all, accounting all flats tenements without distinction. The health officer draws it from observation, lumping all those which in his judgment have nothing, or not enough, to give them claim upon the name, with the common herd.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. 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 editions, that are true to their original work.

Author: Jacob A. Riis
ISBN-10: 1161435476
ISBN-13: 9781161435474
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Language: English
Published: 05/23/2010
Pages: 164
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.44d