Neighbors: Life Stories of the Other Half
by Jacob Riis
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Jacob Riis
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Jacob August Riis was a Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. He contributed significantly to the cause of urban reform in America at the turn o...
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