How the Other Half Lives
How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York (1890) was an early publication of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting 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 classes.
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Books/Sources
- How the Other Half Lives, Special Illustrated Edition - Jacob Riis
- How The Other Half Lives - Clare London
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