First published in 1890, Jacob Riis’s remarkable study of the horrendous living conditions of the poor in New York City had an immediate and extraordinary impact on society, inspiring reforms that affected the lives of millions of people.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Introduction by Luc Sante Suggestions for Further Reading A Note on the Text
How the Other Half Lives Preface Introduction
1 Genesis of the Tenement 2 The Awakening 3 The Mixed Crowd 4 The Down Town Back-alleys 5 The Italian in New York 6 The Bend 7 A Raid on the Stale-beer Dives 8 The Cheap Lodging-houses 9 Chinatown 10 Jewtown 11 The Sweaters of Jewtown 12 The Bohemians–Tenement-house Cigarmaking 13 The Color Line in New York 14 The Common Herd 15 The Problem of the Children 16 Waifs of the City’s Slums 17 The Street Arab 18 The Reign of Rum 19 The Harvest of Tares 20 The Working Girls of New York 21 Pauperism in the Tenements 22 The Wrecks and the Waste 23 The Man with the Knife 24 What Has Been Done 25 How the Case Stands