Isbn: 9780312117009 - how the other half lives: studies among the tenements of new york (bedford series in history and culture) (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. Riis was among the first in the United States to conceive of photographic images as instruments for social change; he was also among the first to use flash powder to photograph interior views, and his book How the Other Half Lives was one of the earliest to employ halftone reproduction successfully. -- Lisa HostetlerEssential reading for every American.Jacob Riis, a police reporter and an immigrant himself, was intimately acquainted with the squalid living conditions in New York's tenements. He published this book to expose the reality of the quotidian life of New York's poorest in the 1880s. How the Other Half Lives, the first expos of its kind, is an incisive sociological survey but also a sensitive portrait of Riis's subjects showing their humanity and heroism. This edition is fully illustrated.…

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Extensive pencil underlining. 274 pages. 274 pp.

Trade Paperback. Zustand: Good. Prompt Shipment, shipped in Boxes, Tracking PROVIDEDGOOD trade paperback. Creasing to corners throughout. Stamp on half title page and smudge inside of front cover.