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Shutting out the sky : life in the tenements of New York, 1880-1924 /

Photographs and text document the experiences of five individuals who came to live in the Lower East Side of New York City as children or young adults from Belarus, Italy, Lithuania, and Romania at the turn of the twentieth century.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hopkinson, Deborah
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Orchard Books, 2003.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Urban poor > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile literature.
Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > History > Juvenile literature.
Tenement houses > New York (State) > New York > Juvenile literature.
Poor > New York (State) > New York.
Immigrants > New York (State) > New York > History.
Tenement houses.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > Juvenile literature.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1865-1898.
New York (N.Y.) > History > 1898-1951.
Juvenile materials.
Description
Summary:Photographs and text document the experiences of five individuals who came to live in the Lower East Side of New York City as children or young adults from Belarus, Italy, Lithuania, and Romania at the turn of the twentieth century.
Physical Description:viii, 134 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Awards:Booklist Editors' Choice Books for Youth, 2003.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-122) and index.
ISBN:0439375908 (lib. bdg.)