Timeline
Lifetime:
1849 -
1914
Passed: ≈
110 years ago
Title
Writer
Country/Nationality
Jacob A. Riis
Books by Jacob A. Riis
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
History
Non-Fiction
19th century
Poverty
Slums
New York City
Urban poverty
Working class
Immigration
Social reform
Tenements
Photojournalism
Muckraking
Living conditions
Jacob Riis's *How the Other Half Lives* is a groundbreaking work of photojournalism that exposed the harsh realities of poverty and squalor in late 19th-century New York City. Through poignant photographs and firsthand accounts, Riis documented the c...
Out of Mulberry Street
History
Memoir
Non-Fiction
Essays
New York
Poverty
Crime
Fire
Hope
Resilience
Immigrants
Urban Life
Social reform
Police
Tenements
Mulberry Street
Jacob Riis's "Out of Mulberry Street" offers a raw and intimate look at the lives of immigrants in late 19th-century New York City. Through poignant stories gleaned from his work as a journalist and his personal experiences, Riis paints a vivid pictu...