How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
By Jacob A. Riis · Running time 8:50:10 · *Non-fiction, History, Political Science
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How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890) was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting the squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. It served as a basis for future muckraking journalism by exposing the slums to New York City’s upper and middle class. The title of the book is a reference to a phrase of François Rabelais, who wrote in Pantagruel : "one half of the world does not know how the other half lives". (Summary by Wikipedia)
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