Riis, Jacob A., 1849-1914

How the other half lives : a Jacob Riis classic (including photography) / by Jacob A. Riis. - [San Bernardino, CA] : ReadaClassic.com, c2010. - 206 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

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 --
The wrecks and the waste --
The man with the knife --
What has been done --
How the case stands

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Tenement houses--New York (State)--New York.
Viviendas --Estados Unidos
Poor--New York (State)--New York.
Pobres --Estados Unidos
Barrios marginados --Estados Unidos
Pobreza--Estados Unidos
Inmigrantes --Condiciones económicas --Estados Unidos


Estados Unidos--Condiciones sociales
Estados Unidos--Emigración e inmigración

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