Jacob Riis : reporter and reformer /
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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| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2005
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- PROLOGUE
- 1 JACOB THE DELVER
- "I Am Glad I Was a Boy Then"
- 2 HOMELESS AND PENNILESS
- Making Acquaintance with the Slums
- 3 RESTLESS ENERGY
- Jacob Riis, City Editor
- 4 "HE WAS ALWAYS THAT WAY"
- Help from Tammany Hall
- 5 "HURRAH!"
- City Toughs and Country Hoodlums
- 6 THE "BOSS REPORTER" IN MULBERRY STREET
- 7 BURROWING DEEP IN THE SLUMS
- Fire at the "Dirty Spoon
- 8 POVERTY, SQUALOR, AND WRETCHEDNESS
- Sweatshop Economics
- 9 HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES
- Four Stories of the Tenements
- PHOTO ESSAY: RIIS AS A PHOTOGRAPHER
- 10 "I HAVE READ YOUR BOOK, AND I HAVE COME TO HELP"
- A Friend to Children
- 11 "DECENT AND CLEANLY LIVING"
- The Official Definition of "Dark"
- 12 "NEVER HAD MAN BETTER A TIME THAN I"
- The Sun in Stanton Street
- AFTERWORD
- CHRONOLOGY
- FURTHER READING AND WEBSITES
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W.
