How the Other Half Lives
Studies Among the Tenements of New York
How the Other Half Lives, published in 1890, is Jacob Riis's report on the tenements of New York. A Danish immigrant who had been homeless himself before becoming a police reporter, Riis walked the Lower East Side at night with a camera and a magnesium flash and described what he found: airless rooms shared by whole families, sweatshops, stale-beer dives, child laborers, the Italian ragpickers of the Bend, Chinatown, Jewtown, the Black tenements and the lodging houses where boys slept for a nickel. He gives statistics on rents, death rates and crime alongside the portraits, and ends with proposals for model housing and the enforcement of the law. The book shocked its readers, including Theodore Roosevelt, and helped begin the tenement reform movement. It is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, with the first chapter free.
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Frequently asked questions about How the Other Half Lives
How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis can be read online on Vinteuil, directly in your browser. The first chapter is free for everyone; the complete book is included in Vinteuil Reading ($4.99/month or $39.99/year) or yours forever for $2.99.
Can I read How the Other Half Lives online?
Yes. How the Other Half Lives opens right on this page, in a reader designed for long reading: adjustable text size, light, sepia and dark themes, a clickable table of contents and your place saved when you are signed in. No download or app is needed.
Is How the Other Half Lives free to read on Vinteuil?
The first chapter of How the Other Half Lives is free, without an account. To read the whole book, either buy its online reading for $2.99 (£2.99 in the UK) and keep it forever, or subscribe to Vinteuil Reading for $4.99/month (£4.99/month in the UK) or $39.99/year, with 1 month free for new subscribers. The subscription opens every book in the library and can be cancelled at any time.
Is How the Other Half Lives in the public domain?
Yes. How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis is a public-domain work. Vinteuil offers a carefully prepared digital edition made for comfortable reading on screen.
How long does it take to read How the Other Half Lives?
About 5 h 24 min of reading, at an average reading pace. Your place is saved automatically when you are signed in, so you can read in several sittings and on several devices.
What kind of book is How the Other Half Lives?
How the Other Half Lives by Jacob Riis is filed under "Classics" in the Vinteuil library.
