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The definitive study of the images made by a pioneer journalist and photographer who passionately advocated for America's urban poor

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"Jacob Riis’s late-19th-century admonition that the battle against the slum began only when conscience joined forces with fear and self-interest still resonates with modern readers in a gripping anthology of his original photographs."—Sam Roberts, The New York Times, Bookshelf section


Jacob A. Riis Revealing New Yorks Other Half

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      Publisher: Yale University Press
      Publication Date: 29/10/2015
      ISBN13: 9780300209167, 978-0300209167
      ISBN10: 0300209169
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The definitive study of the images made by a pioneer journalist and photographer who passionately advocated for America's urban poor

      Trade Review
      "Jacob Riis’s late-19th-century admonition that the battle against the slum began only when conscience joined forces with fear and self-interest still resonates with modern readers in a gripping anthology of his original photographs."—Sam Roberts, The New York Times, Bookshelf section


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