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

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How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890) was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting the squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. It served as a basis for future muckraking journalism by exposing the slums to New York City’s upper and middle class. The title of the book is a reference to a phrase of François Rabelais, who wrote in Pantagruel: "one half of the world does not know how the other half lives". (Summary by Wikipedia) (8 hr 50 min)

Chapters

00 - Preface

1:50

Read by Guero

01 - Genesis of the Tenement

16:13

Read by Maggie Russell

02 - The Awakening

10:02

Read by Lee Ann Howlett

03 - The Mixed Crowd

15:09

Read by Lee Ann Howlett

04 - The Down Town Back-Alleys Part 1

14:24

Read by MaryAnn

05 - The Down Town Back-Alleys Part 2

17:14

Read by MaryAnn

06 - The Italian in New York

11:06

Read by Phil Chenevert

07 - The Bend

25:46

Read by Phil Chenevert

08 - A Raid on the Stale-Beer Dives

15:16

Read by Matthew Reece

09 - The Cheap Lodging-Houses

19:12

Read by Parrot17

10 - Chinatown

22:21

Read by Parrot17

11 - Jewtown

25:37

Read by Phil Chenevert

12 - The Sweaters of Jewtown

29:55

Read by Phil Chenevert

13 - The Bohemians - Tenement House Cigarmaking

21:28

Read by Phil Chenevert

14 - The Color Line in New York

19:02

Read by Phil Chenevert

15 - The Common Herd Part 1

18:50

Read by Lee Ann Howlett

16 - The Common Herd Part 2

14:34

Read by Phil Chenevert

17 - The Problem of the Children

14:17

Read by Matthew Reece

18 - Waifs of the City's Slums

15:01

Read by Lee Ann Howlett

19 - The Street Arab

22:20

Read by mevans

20 - The Reign of Rum

10:24

Read by ashleighjane

21 - The Harvest of Tares

30:57

Read by Guero

22 - The Working Girls of New York

16:38

Read by Guero

23 - Pauperism in the Tenements

26:18

Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015)

24 - The Wrecks and the Waste

16:40

Read by Lee Ann Howlett

25 - The Man with the Knife

7:27

Read by ashleighjane

26 - What Has Been Done

25:47

Read by Phil Chenevert

27 - How the Case Stands

26:35

Read by Phil Chenevert

28 - Appendix

19:47

Read by Guero

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uneven recording because of the amount of voices used, but a staple if youre learning early sociology (dated as it may be, and boy it is dated). thanks to the volunteers.

Very informative

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I learned much from it

Great read!

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very much enjoyed this book!

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