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Jacob Riis : reporter and reformer /

Charts the course of Jacob Riis's work as a police reporter, which took him into the worst of New York's ghettos and tenements. Shows how his book, How the Other Half Lives, brought to life an entire reform movement. Characterizes his alliance with the young Theodore Roosevelt's battl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pascal, Janet B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2005.
Edición:1st ed.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Charts the course of Jacob Riis's work as a police reporter, which took him into the worst of New York's ghettos and tenements. Shows how his book, How the Other Half Lives, brought to life an entire reform movement. Characterizes his alliance with the young Theodore Roosevelt's battle to reform the New York police, breaking the brutal system of corruption and graft that had prevented the possibility of any real change in poor neighborhoods.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (175 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169) and index.
ISBN:9780198033202
0198033206