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How the Other Half Lives

by Jacob A. Riis

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JFCooper in History Readers: Clio's (Pleasure?) Palace : What are you reading (July 2008)? (Aug 6, 2008, 11:53am)

... and the Michigan Historical Reprint Series version of Jacob A. Riis's chronicle of urban decay and wealth disparity, How the Other Half Lives. I'm using How the Other Half Lives in my U.S. History survey course this fall, and I expect to focus heavily on the rise, development, and ...

karenmarie in Books that made me think : Books that made me think Message Board (Mar 28, 2008, 6:57pm)

One of the first books that made me think was in high school. It's called How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis (still on my shelves) and it got me interested in muckraking journalism. It also gave me my first hint that there were so many people for whom the American dream was an ...

ArmyAngel1986 in 888 Challenge : AA1986...think I'll try this out! (Jan 4, 2008, 10:07pm)

Political non-fiction: 1. America Alone 2. the Prince 3. the Force of Reason 4. the Rage and the Pride 5. How the Other Half Lives 6. the Language Police 7. My Grandfather's Son by Clarence Thomas 8. Surrender is Not an Option

librarianlk in 50 Book Challenge : librarianlk's book list 2007 (Oct 21, 2007, 1:39am)

... to learn to survive on the streets. Lots of grittiness. A more accessible view of American immigration than, say, Riis' How the Other Half Lives. The Transall Saga by Gary Paulsen. Full of action and an interesting premise. A young man is whisked to the far distant future of Earth, and ...

ArmyAngel1986 in List Five Books Parlour Game : Cities (Apr 29, 2007, 12:54pm)

... Forest the Fourth Crusade and the Sack of Constantinople Gates of Fire: an Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermoplyae How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

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