How the Other Half Lives - Softcover

Riis, Jacob A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809000121 ISBN 13: 9780809000128

Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub, 1957

Synopsis

The classic account of a police reporter's personal observations and judgements of New York City's slums in the late nineteenth century

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About the Author

ABOUT THE EDITOR Lorenzo Domínguez is a best-selling author, writer and an award-winning street photographer. He has written numerous books, interviews and articles about fine art and photography.

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In October of 2010, Lorenzo served as the NYC photography adviser for the recently launched Microsoft foursquare photography app. In 2008, he was chosen to be the HP Be Brilliant Featured Artist. He has been called an "Internet photography sensation" by Time Out New York and is considered a "Flickr star" by Rob Walker, Consumed columnist, for New York Times Magazine. His work is represented worldwide by Getty Images.

From the Back Cover

In How The Other Half Lives New Yorkers read with horror that three-quarters of the residents of their city were housed in tenements and that in those tenements rents were substantially higher than in better sections of the city. In his book Riis gave a full and detailed picture of what life in those slums was like, how the slums were created, how and why they remained as they were, who was forced to live there, and offered suggestions for easing the lot of the poor.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hill & Wang Pub
• Publication date: 1957
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809000121
• ISBN 13: 9780809000128
• Binding: Paperback