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National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: People: Assimilation and the Crucible of the City: How Other Half Lives

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Photographs and an excerpt from Jacob Riis's famous tour of the distressing conditions of the tenements in New York City. Includes questions for discussion.

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tenement housing, urban poor, "how the other half lives", jacob riis, nhc: people: assimilation and the crucible of the city: how the other half lives
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Classroom Considerations
  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)