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How the Other Half Lives
Are you interested in social justice & the history of urban life in the United States? Look no further than Jacob Riis's How the Other Half Lives! This groundbreaking work looks at the poor living conditions immigrants faced in the late 19th century NY.
Episodes
- Episode 1 - Genesis of the Tenement
- Episode 2 - The Awakening
- Episode 3 - The Mixed Crowd
- Episode 4 - The Down Town Back Alleys Part 1
- Episode 5 - The Down Town Back Alleys Part 2
- Episode 6 - The Italian in New York
- Episode 7 - The Bend
- Episode 8 - A Raid on the Stale Beer Dives
- Episode 9 - The Cheap Lodging-Houses
- Episode 10 - China Town
- Episode 11 - Jewtown
- Episode 12 - The Sweaters of Jewtown
- Episode 13 - The Bohemians - Tenement House Cigarmaking
- Episode 14 - The Color Line in New York
- Episode 15 - The Common Herd Part 1
- Episode 16 - The Common Herd Part 1
- Episode 17 - The Problem with Children
- Episode 18 - Waifs of the City's Slums
- Episode 19 - The Street Arab
- Episode 20 - The Reign of Rum
- Episode 21 - The Harvest of Tares
- Episode 22 - The Workin Girls of New York
- Episode 23 - Pauperism in the Tenements
- Episode 24 - The Wrecks and the Waste
- Episode 25 - The Man with the Knife
- Episode 26 - What Has Been Done
- Episode 27 - How the Case Stands
- Episode 28 - Appendix
- Preface
- Book Trailer - How the Other Half Lives
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