The Other Half: The Life of Jacob Riis and the World of Immigrant America
- ISBN-10
- 0393060233
- ISBN-13
- 9780393060232
- Series
- The Other Half
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 331
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Tom Buk-Swienty
Description
A revisionist portrait of the late-nineteenth-century social reformer draws on previously unexamined diaries and letters to trace his immigration to America, work as a police reporter for the New York Tribune, and pivotal contributions as a muckraker and progressive.
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