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Social Sciences, Sociology

Battle with the Slum

by Jacob A. Riis
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Synopsis

Classic work of reportage documents life of the urban poor at the turn of the century. Compelling real-life tales and rare photographs celebrate efforts to demolish breeding grounds of crime and improve conditions.

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An unabridged republication of the work published by The Macmillan Company, New York and London, in 1902 (a new introduction and new footnotes are included). It constitutes a sequel to the social reformer's published in the late 1800s in which Riis drew national attention to the squalor of New York City's slums. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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Book Details

Published
January 1, 1998
Publisher
Dover Publications
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780486401966

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