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" Jacob Riis / "
Janet B. Pascal.
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BL
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1016041
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b770411
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| Main Entry
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Pascal, Janet B.
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| Title & Author
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Jacob Riis /\ Janet B. Pascal.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, ©2005.
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175 pages :: illustrations ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0195145275
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: 9780195145274
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-169) and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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| Abstract
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Presents a brief biography of reporter Jacob Riis, providing information on his early life, his education, and his career as a reporter, photographer, and social reformer.
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Riis, Jacob A., (Jacob August),1849-1914
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Riis, Jacob A., (Jacob August),1849-1914
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Journalists-- New York (State)-- New York, Biography, Juvenile literature.
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Photographers-- New York (State)-- New York, Biography, Juvenile literature.
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Slums-- New York (State)-- New York-- History, Juvenile literature.
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Social reformers-- New York (State)-- New York, Biography, Juvenile literature.
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Tenement houses-- New York (State)-- New York-- History, Juvenile literature.
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Journalists.
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Photographers.
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Slums.
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Social conditions
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Social reformers.
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Tenement houses.
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New York (N.Y.), Social conditions, Juvenile literature.
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New York (State), New York.
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| Dewey Classification
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361.2/4/092B
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| LC Classification
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HV28.R53P37 2005
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