Jacob A. Riis
Battle with the Slum

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Splendid sequel to author’s 1902 classic, How the Other Half Lives. Compelling real-life tales, accompanied by rare photographs and engravings, report on the status of living conditions among New York City’s poor and exploited, including successful efforts to demolish breeding grounds of crime and the removal from power of Boss Tweed and the Tammany organization.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9780486157061 ● Publisher Dover Publications ● Published 2013 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5272367 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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