Jacob Riis Revisited: Poverty and the Slum in Another Era

Binding: Soft cover
Language: English
Publisher: Anchor Books
Publisher Year: 1968
Publisher Place: Garden City, NY
Edition: 1st Edition

Condition: Book: Very Good; Dust jacket: No Jacket

ABE-1762881844358 Great condition. Marks on spine from use. Unmarked, no damage. See item images. Jacob Riis Revisited is an edited collection of Jacob Riis's work, featuring excerpts from his books How the Other Half Lives, The Children of the Poor, and A Ten Years' War, with a focus on his photojournalism of New York City's slums and his advocacy for social reform. The book explores his use of photography to expose the living conditions, poverty, and social ills associated with the tenements, as well as his arguments for reform and his impact on figures like Theodore Roosevelt.

Keywords: ANTHROPOLOGY, CLASS STUDIES, JACOB RIIS, HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES, CHILDREN OF POOR, A TEN YEARS' WAR, PHOTOJOURNAILISM, NEW YORK, SLUMS, SOCIAL REFORM, TENEMENTS, THEODORE ROOSEVELT

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