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LEADER: 02470cam a2200373 a 4500
001 2010928030
003 DLC
005 20130517113645.0
008 100503s2011 mauaeo b 001 0 eng d
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020 $a0312574010 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn682581715
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050 00 $aHV4046.N6$bR58 2011
082 04 $a305.5/69097471$222
100 1 $aRiis, Jacob A.$q(Jacob August),$d1849-1914.
245 10 $aHow the other half lives :$bstudies among the tenements of New York : with related documents /$cby Jacob A. Riis ; edited with an introduction by David Leviatin.
250 $a2nd ed.
260 $aBoston :$bBedford/St. Martin's,$cc2011.
300 $axv, 299 p. :$bill., plans ;$c21 cm.
440 0 $aThe Bedford series in history and culture
500 $aOriginally published: New York : Scribner, 1890.
500 $a"As in the first edition, my goal for this second edition has been to produce a text that resembles, as closely as possible, the original 1890 edition... The only substantive change is the inclusion of the full-frame contact prints from the Jacob A. Riis Collection of the Museum of the City of New York that were made by the Chicago Albumen Works in 1994."--P. xi.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 289) and index.
505 0 $aPart one. Framing the poor : the irresistibility of How the other half lives. The flash : Jacob Riis discovers light ; The American scene : the search for order ; How the other half looks : interpreting Riis's view of poverty -- Part two. How the other half lives : studies among the tenements of New York -- Part three. Related documents. Jacob A. Riis, The other half and how they live : story in pictures, November 9, 1891 ; Six illustrations from the 1890 edition of How the other half lives -- Appendices. A Jacob A. Riis chronology (1849-1914) ; Questions for consideration.
650 0 $aPoor$zNew York (State)$zNew York.
650 0 $aTenement houses$zNew York (State)$zNew York.
700 1 $aLeviatin, David,$d1961-
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2010928030-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2010928030-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2010928030-t.html