| Description |
xvi, 331 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Translation of: Ideelle amerikaner. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-310) and index. |
| Summary |
A portrait of the late-nineteenth-century social reformer draws on previously unexamined diaries and letters to trace his immigration to America, work as a police reporter for the "New York Tribune," and pivotal contributions as a muckraker and progressive. |
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Marvelously re-creates the moving story of Jacob Riis, the legendary Progressive reformer and muckraking photographer. Born in 1849 in rural Denmark, Riis immigrated to America in 1870 following a devastating romantic breakup. Penniless and starving, Riis stumbled into journalism, eventually becoming a charismatic police reporter for the New York Tribune, where he befriended Theodore Roosevelt and witnessed firsthand the appalling tenement conditions of late nineteenth-century New York. His resulting exposé, How the Other Half Lives, was the first major American muckraking book. It brought Americans in touch with their lost humanity, establishing a precedent for Ida Tarbell, Lincoln Steffens, Jane Addams, and Upton Sinclair. |
| Contents |
Prologue. "The Ideal American" -- pt. 1. Restlessness -- 1. Old Town -- 2. Early Years -- 3. Heartache -- 4. "A Terrible Homesickness" -- 5. Fast March to Buffalo -- 6. "My Lovely Dream" -- 7. "True Love Can Never Die" -- 8. "The Still Centre of a Cyclone" -- 9. Second Proposal -- pt. 2. Riis and the Other Half -- 10. "Fat and Strong" -- 11. Police Reporter -- 12. Anatomy of the Slums -- 13. Reformers -- 14. Intruders -- 15. Flower Power -- 16. Manifesto -- 17. Brothers -- 18. Golden Years -- 19. Making of an American. |
| Subject |
Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914.
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Immigrants -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Danish Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Social reformers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Journalists -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Investigative reporting -- New York (State) -- New York.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Biography.
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Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August), 1849-1914. (OCoLC)fst00052670
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Photographers. (OCoLC)fst01061605
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Danish Americans. (OCoLC)fst00887668
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Immigrants. (OCoLC)fst00967712
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Investigative reporting. (OCoLC)fst00978154
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Journalists. (OCoLC)fst00984188
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Social reformers. (OCoLC)fst01122841
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New York (State) -- New York.
(OCoLC)fst01204333
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Riis, Jacob A. 1849-1914 (DE-588)11931889X
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Metropolitan Museum of Art (DE-588)1008914-7
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Dokumentarfotografie (DE-588)4142019-6
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Slum (DE-588)4055304-8
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Riis, Jacob A.
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New York (N.Y.)
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Biographie.
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biographies.
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| Added Author |
Buk-Swienty, Annette, translator.
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| Added Title |
Ideelle amerikaner. English
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Jacob Riis and the world of immigrant America |
| ISBN |
9780393060232 (hardcover) |
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0393060233 (hardcover) |
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