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Before publishing his book How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis (1849-1914) spent his first years in the US as an immigrant and itinerant laborer, until he landed a job as a muckraking reporter. This book places Jacob Riis' images in historical context. It explores Riis' reporting and activism within the gritty specifics of Gilded Age New York.

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"An evocative and valuable reminder both of one unrelenting individual's ability to make a difference and of the relevance of his revelations to the painfully familiar problems we face today." (Sam Roberts, New York Times) "A rigorous, scholarly reexamination of Riis's life and work.... Riis's lightning-flash images of social catastrophe still have the power to shock, even after 120 years." (Matthew Power, New York Times Book Review)"

Rediscovering Jacob Riis

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    A Paperback / softback by Bonnie Yochelson, Daniel Czitrom

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 18/08/2014
      ISBN13: 9780226182865, 978-0226182865
      ISBN10: 022618286X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Before publishing his book How the Other Half Lives, Jacob Riis (1849-1914) spent his first years in the US as an immigrant and itinerant laborer, until he landed a job as a muckraking reporter. This book places Jacob Riis' images in historical context. It explores Riis' reporting and activism within the gritty specifics of Gilded Age New York.

      Trade Review
      "An evocative and valuable reminder both of one unrelenting individual's ability to make a difference and of the relevance of his revelations to the painfully familiar problems we face today." (Sam Roberts, New York Times) "A rigorous, scholarly reexamination of Riis's life and work.... Riis's lightning-flash images of social catastrophe still have the power to shock, even after 120 years." (Matthew Power, New York Times Book Review)"

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