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What did Jacob riis book how the other half lives accomplish?

It showed the terrible conditions of life in the slums.


What is a quote from Jacob Riis book How the Other Half Lives?

It showed the terrible conditions of life in the slums.


What did Jacob rii's book how the other half lives show?

The busy and exciting lives of people in big cities


How did television changed people's lives?

It showed people what life was like in other places. It was also great for entertainment.


What are some quotes from Jacob Riis' book How the Other Half Lives?

"The slum is the measure of civilization."


What was one cause for improvements in the slums?

Jacob Riis' book, How the Other Half Lives


How did Jacob Riis help the situation of immigrants in America's cities?

Jacob Riis exposed the problem in tenements by taking pictures of the life in tenements. He showed these pictures to the government and to the people populated in areas which held a lot of tenements where many immigrants lived.


Is there a website for free chapter summaries on the book How the Other Half Lives by Jacob A Riis?

NO


When was Other People's Lives created?

Other People's Lives was created in 2006.


Why might Jacob riis have wanted to bring attention to the plight of people living in tenements?

Jacob Riis was a progressive reformer like the muckrakkers and other people involved in the media of the time. Riis's work focused on the conditions that the poorest and the newly arrived immigrants found themselves in. He believed these people were doomed and that the lifestyle could no keep these people alive. As such he published his images in How the Other Half Lives.


Did Jacob Riis or Lincoln Steffens write a book called How the Other Half Lives?

Jocob Riis.


What is the book How the Other Half Lives about?

"How the other half lives", written in 1890, was photojournalism about the living conditions in the New York City slums in the 1880s.