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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Pascal, Janet B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2005.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Riis, Jacob A. > (Jacob August), > 1849-1914 > Juvenile literature.
Riis, Jacob A. > (Jacob August), > 1849-1914
Social reformers > New York (State) > New York > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Photographers > New York (State) > New York > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Journalists > New York (State) > New York > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Slums > New York (State) > New York > History > Juvenile literature.
Tenement houses > New York (State) > New York > History > Juvenile literature.
Réformateurs sociaux > New York (État) > New York > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
Photographes > New York (État) > New York > Biographies > Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Social Science > General.
JUVENILE NONFICTION > Biography & Autobiography > General.
Journalists
Photographers
Slums
Social conditions
Social reformers
Tenement houses
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > Juvenile literature.
New York (State) > New York
Biographies
History
Juvenile works
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (175 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169) and index.
ISBN:9780198033202
0198033206

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