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How the other half lives : studies among the tenements of New York /

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"The current book discusses tenement housing and various neighborhoods in New York City during the late 1800's." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).

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Main Author: Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1890.
Series:Making of America.
Subjects:
Tenement houses > New York (State) > New York.
Poor > New York (State) > New York.
Poor.
Tenement houses.
New York (State) > New York.
Urban Population > New York (State) > New York.
Housing > New York (State) > New York.
Social Environment > New York (State) > New York.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"The current book discusses tenement housing and various neighborhoods in New York City during the late 1800's." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
"The belief that every man's experience ought to be worth something to the community from which he drew it, no matter what that experience may be, so long as it was gleaned along the line of some decent, honest work, made me begin this book. With the result before him, the reader can judge for himself now whether or not I was right"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved).
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 304 pages)
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
ISBN:1418187879
9781418187873