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

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In the 1880s, many people in upper- and middle-class society were unaware of the dangerous conditions in the slums among poor immigrants. After the publication of "How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York," the question of living conditions became an important societal issue and caused several legislative actions directed toward improving the lives of immigrants.
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Release dateJun 13, 2022
ISBN8596547062462
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Jacob A. Riis

Jacob August Riis (May 3, 1849 – May 26, 1914) was a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. He contributed significantly to the cause of urban reform in America at the turn of the twentieth century. He is known for using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City; those impoverished New Yorkers were the subject of most of his prolific writings and photography. He endorsed the implementation of "model tenements" in New York with the help of humanitarian Lawrence Veiller. Additionally, as one of the most famous proponents of the newly practicable casual photography, he is considered one of the fathers of photography due to his very early adoption of flash. While living in New York, Riis experienced poverty and became a police reporter writing about the quality of life in the slums. He attempted to alleviate the bad living conditions of poor people by exposing their living conditions to the middle and upper classes.

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