{"product_id":"how-the-other-half-lives-jacob-a-riis-9781617204678","title":"How the Other Half Lives","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDuring the 1890s many people in upper- and middle-class society were unaware of the dangerous conditions in the slums among poor immigrants.\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 photojournal documenting these conditions using graphic descriptions, sketches, photographs, and statistics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRiis blamed the apathy of the monied class for the condition of the New York slums, and assumed that as people were made more aware of these conditions they would be motivated to help eradicate them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jacob A. Riis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1617204676\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617204678\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e SMK Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/23\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 204\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.47d","brand":"Jacob A. Riis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46140769698047,"sku":"9781617204678","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f8f10edb-b252-487f-995b-798d876d4b55.jpg?v=1726596980","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-the-other-half-lives-jacob-a-riis-9781617204678","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}