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How the other half lives

How the other half lives1890

Isabel Núñez, K. D. Weeks, Jacob A. Riis

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A photographic collection exposing social conditions and daily life in the slums of late 19th century New York City. The title of the book is a reference to a sentence by French writer and philosopher François Rabelais, who famously wrote in his Pantagruel : "one half of the world does not know how the other half lives" ("la moitié du monde ne sait pas comment l'autre vit").

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First published
1890
OL Work ID
OL1838900W

Subjects

Museum of the City of New YorkPhotograph collectionsPoorPovertySocial conditionsTenement housesTenement-housesPropagationWoody plantsCuttingsPoor, new york (state), new yorkNew york (n.y.), social conditionsSlumsPictorial worksSlumPoor--new york (state)--new yorkTenement houses--new york (state)--new yorkHv4046.n6 r58 2011

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