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  • Neighbors: Life Stories of the Other Half

    by Jacob August Riis ...
    “You get the money, or out you go! I ain’t in the business for me health,” and the bang of the door and the angry clatter of the landlord’s boots on the stairs, as he went down, bore witness that he meant what he said. Judah Kapelowitz and his wife sat and looked silently at the little dark room when the last note of his voice had died away in the hall. They knew it well enough—it was their last ... Read more

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  • How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York

    by Jacob August Riis ...
    Long ago it was said that “one half of the world does not know how the other half lives.” That was true then. It did not know because it did not care. The half that was on top cared little for the struggles, and less for the fate of those who were underneath, so long as it was able to hold them there and keep its own seat. There came a time when the discomfort and crowding below were so great, and ... Read more

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  • Christmas Stories

    by Jacob August Riis ...

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  • Nibsy's Christmas

    by jacob august riis ...
    The story "Nibsy's Christmas" likely reflects Riis's concern for the marginalized and impoverished communities he encountered in his work. It may center around the experiences of Nibsy, a character who represents the struggles faced by many individuals living in poverty during that time period.Riis's writing often highlighted the hardships endured by the urban poor, as well as the resilience and ... Read more

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  • Nibsy's Christmas

    by Jacob August Riis ...
    It was Christmas-eve over on the East Side. Darkness was closing in on a cold, hard day. The light that struggled through the frozen windows of the delicatessen store, and the saloon on the corner, fell upon men with empty dinner-pails who were hurrying homeward, their coats buttoned tightly, and heads bent against the steady blast from the river, as if they were butting their way down the street. ... Read more

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  • Children of the Tenements

    by Jacob August Riis ...
    Adam Grunschlag sat at his street stand in a deep brown study. He heeded not the gathering twilight, or the snow that fell in great white flakes, as yet with an appreciable space between, but with the promise of a coming storm in them. He took no notice of the bustle and stir all about that betokened the approaching holiday. The cries of the huckster hawking oranges from his cart, of the man with ... Read more

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  • The Children of the Poor

    by Jacob August Riis ...
    The problem of the children is the problem of the State. As we mould the children of the toiling masses in our cities, so we shape the destiny of the State which they will rule in their turn, taking the reins from our hands. In proportion as we neglect or pass them by, the blame for bad government to come rests upon us. The cities long since held the balance of power; their dominion will be ... Read more

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  • The Making of an American

    by Jacob August Riis ...
    On the outskirts of the ancient town of Ribe, on the Danish north seacoast, a wooden bridge spanned the Nibs River when I was a boy—a frail structure, with twin arches like the humps of a dromedary, for boats to go under. Upon it my story begins. The bridge is long since gone. The grass-grown lane that knew our romping feet leads nowhere now. But in my memory it is all as it was that day nearly ... Read more

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  • The Battle with the Slum

    by Jacob August Riis ...
    The slum is as old as civilization. Civilization implies a race to get ahead. In a race there are usually some who for one cause or another cannot keep up, or are thrust out from among their fellows. They fall behind, and when they have been left far in the rear they lose hope and ambition, and give up. Thenceforward, if left to their own resources, they are the victims, not the masters, of their ... Read more

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  • Is There a Santa Claus?

    by Jacob August Riis ...
    That was the message that came to me from an editor last December just as I was going on a journey. Why he sent it to me I don't know. Perhaps it was because, when I was a little chap, my home was way up toward that white north where even the little boys ride in sleds behind reindeer, as they are the only horses they have. Perhaps it was because when I was a young lad I knew Hans Christian ... Read more

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  • The Peril and the Preservation of the Home

    Being the William L. Bull Lectures for the Year 1903

    by Jacob August Riis ...
    The Peril and the Preservation of the Home: Being the William L. Bull Lectures for the Year 1903 is a thought-provoking exploration of the social, moral, and spiritual challenges facing the institution of the home at the dawn of the twentieth century. Delivered as part of the prestigious William L. Bull Lecture series, this book delves deeply into the forces threatening the stability and sanctity ... Read more

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  • A Ten Year War: An Account of The Battle with The Slum in New York

    by Jacob August Riis ...
    The slum is as old as civilization. Civilization implies a race, to get ahead. In a race there are usually some who for one cause or another cannot keep up, or are thrust out from among their fellows. They fall behind, and when they have been left far in the rear they lose hope and ambition, and give up. Thenceforward, if left to their own resources, they are the victims, not the masters, of their ... Read more

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