How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York by Jacob A. Riis

How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

Jacob A. Riis

315 pages first pub 1890 (editions)

nonfiction classics history sociology dark informative reflective slow-paced
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Since 1959 The John Harvard Library has been instrumental in publishing essential American writings in authoritative editions.Jacob Riis's pioneering work of photojournalism takes its title from Rabelais's Pantagruel: "One half of the world knowet...

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informative: 83%

dark: 66%

challenging: 50%

sad: 50%

reflective: 41%

emotional: 16%

tense: 16%

adventurous: 8%

hopeful: 8%

inspiring: 8%


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