How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
- ISBN-10
- 145850042X
- ISBN-13
- 9781458500427
- Series
- How the Other Half Lives
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 322
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-03-15
- Publisher
- Applewood Books
- Author
- Jacob Riis
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