The Battle With the Slum

Jacob A. Riis

Paperback (01 Jun 1999)

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Publisher's Synopsis

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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Book information

ISBN:	9780486401966
Publisher:	Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:	Dover Publications
Pub date:	01 Jun 1999
DEWEY:	305.569097471
DEWEY edition:	21
Number of pages:	465
Weight:	499g
Height:	222mm
Width:	140mm
Spine width:	24mm