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Indlæser... The Battle with the Slum (udgave 1998)af Jacob A. Riis
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. The Battle with the Slum by Jacob Riis. This was Riis' non-fiction follow up to How the Other Half Lives (also alternately called "The Shame of the Cities." In this book Riis argues that slums are generational and influences the home, the schools, and the community. Riis believes in the power of the written word to expose these conditions caused by political corruption and social "evils." He did not go into many of these social evils, but could not perceive at that time what I consider a big factor today: the chronic and pervasive drug problem. Riis makes a good case for the abolition of the slum by those who can well afford it. My favorite quote of this book and a theme throughout: "For it is one thing or the other; either wipe out the slum, or it wipes out us." Riis was considered a progressive muckraker. 234 pages ( ) ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Splendid sequel to author's 1902 classic, How the Other Half Lives. Compelling real-life tales, accompanied by rare photographs and engravings, report on the status of living conditions among New York City's poor and exploited, including successful efforts to demolish breeding grounds of crime and the removal from power of Boss Tweed and the Tammany organization. No library descriptions found. |
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