How the Other Half Lives
ISBN: 9780312574017 | 0312574010
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Pub. Date: 9/22/2010
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Jacob Riis's famed 1890 photo-text addressed the problems of tenement housing, immigration, and urban life and work at the beginning of the Progressive era. David Leviatin edited this complete edition ofHow the Other Half Livesto be as faithful to Riis's original text and photography as possible. Uncropped prints of Riis's original photographs replace the faded halftones and drawings from photographs that were included in the 1890 edition. Related documents added to the second edition include a stenographic report of one of Riis's lantern-slide... MORE
| Foreword | p. v |
| Preface | p. vii |
| A Note about the Text and Images | p. xi |
| List of Map and Illustrations | p. xv |
| Introduction: Framing the Poor-The Irresistibility of How the Other Half Lives | p. 1 |
| The Flash: Jacob Riis Discovers Light | p. 1 |
| The American Scene: The Search for Order | p. 9 |
| How the Other Half Looks: Interpreting Riis's View of Poverty | p. 31 |
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