How the Other Half Lives
Author: Jacob Riis
Publisher: Applewood Books
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 145850042X
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How the Other Half Lives
Author: Jacob A. Riis
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 325
ISBN-13: 0312574010
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJacob Riis's famed 1890 photo-text addressed the problems of tenement housing, immigration, and urban life and work at the beginning of the Progressive era. David Leviatin edited this complete edition of How the Other Half Lives to be as faithful to Riis's original text and photography as possible. Uncropped prints of Riis's original photographs replace the faded halftones and drawings from photographs that were included in the 1890 edition. Related documents added to the second edition include a stenographic report of one of Riis's lantern-slide lectures that demonstrates Riis's melodramatic techniques and the reaction of his audience, and five drawings that reveal the subtle but important ways Riis's photographs were edited when they were reinterpreted as illustrations in the 1890 edition. The book's provocative introduction now addresses Riis's ethnic and racial stereotyping and includes a map of New York's Lower East Side in the 1890s. A new list of illustrations and expanded chronology, questions for consideration, and selected bibliography provide additional support.
The Other Half
Author: Tom Buk-Swienty
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9780393060232
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA portrait of the late-nineteenth-century social reformer draws on previously unexamined diaries and letters to trace his immigration to America, work as a police reporter for the "New York Tribune," and pivotal contributions as a muckraker and progressive.
Rediscovering Jacob Riis
Author: Bonnie Yochelson
Publisher:
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMore than 90 years after his death Jacob Riis is still considered a pioneering photographer. He was the first to document the New York slums, publicising in haunting photographs the plight of the urban poor at the height of European immigration to the city. But Riis always maintained that he 'was no good at all as a photographer' and in recent years has been disparaged for racist views and political opportunitism. Here, the complex legacy of Jacob Riis is explored and explained. Illustrated with black and white photographs throughout.
The Making of an American
Author: Jacob A. Riis
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Published: 2023-09-14
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 3387049730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.
The Battle with the Slum
Author: Jacob A. Riis
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Published: 2013-03-05
Total Pages: 497
ISBN-13: 0486157067
DOWNLOAD EBOOKClassic work of reportage documents life of the urban poor at the turn of the century. Real-life tales and rare photographs celebrate efforts to demolish breeding grounds of crime and improve conditions in schools and tenements.
Jacob A. Riis
Author: Bonnie Yochelson
Publisher:
Published: 2015
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780300209167
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Danish-born Jacob A. Riis (1849-1914) found success in America as a reporter for the New York Tribune, first documenting crime and later turning his eye to housing reform. As tenement living conditions became unbearable in the wake of massive immigration, Riis and his camera captured some of the earliest, most powerful images of American urban poverty"--Jacket.
The Children of the Poor
Author: Jacob August Riis
Publisher:
Published: 1892
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJacob Riis was a Danish-born photojournalist who used his camera to draw attention to the plight of the poor.
The Other Half Lives
Author: Sophie Hannah
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2009-07-23
Total Pages: 524
ISBN-13: 184894246X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe fourth psychological suspense novel from the phenomenal, bestselling Sophie Hannah. A must-read for fans of Clare Mackintosh and Paula Hawkins. 'Utterly gripping' The Times 'Thrilling' Sunday Telegraph Why would anyone confess to a murder that never happened? Ruth Bussey knows what it means to be in the wrong and to be wronged. She once did something she regrets, and her punishment nearly destroyed her. Now Ruth is rebuilding her life, and has found a love she doesn't believe she deserves: Aidan Seed. Aidan is also troubled by a past he hates to talk about, until one day he decides he must confide in Ruth. He tells her that years ago he killed someone: a woman called Mary Trelease. Ruth is confused. She's certain she's heard the name before, and when she realises why it sounds familiar, her fear and confusion deepen - because the Mary Trelease that Ruth knows is very much alive . . .
How the Other Half Lives
Author: Jacob August Riis
Publisher:
Published: 1890
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Jacob Riis's illustrated tour of New York's slums had an immediate and extraordinary impact on society, inspiring reforms that changed the face of the city. In 1890, when the book was published, the Lower East Side was a landscape of teeming streets and filthy tenements crowded with immigrants living in dreadful conditions. How the Other Half Lives brings them to life - the Italians, Jews, Bohemians (Czechs and Slovaks), Blacks, and Chinese - in precise descriptions of their habits and traditions, jobs and wages, rents paid and meals eaten, and explores the effects of crime, poverty, alcohol, and lack of education and opportunity on adults and children alike. Riis's reliance on specific, hard facts as the tools and weapons of social criticism pioneered the style of crusading journalism that continues today. His use of photographs ... to put faces to his stories was a landmark in photojournalism"--From publisher's description (a later edition).
