How the other half lives

studies among the tenements of New York

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274 pages

English language

Published Nov. 8, 1996 by Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press.

ISBN:
978-0-312-12809-8
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OCLC Number:
34932081

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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").

17 editions

Subjects

  • Poor -- New York (State) -- New York
  • Tenement houses -- New York (State) -- New York