The Other Half

Description:

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.

subjects: Social reformers,  Investigative reporting,  Danish Americans,  Immigrants,  Biography,  Journalists,  Riis, jacob a. (jacob august), 1849-1914,  Photographers, biography,  Immigrants, united states,  Journalists, biography,  Reporters and reporting,  New york (n.y.), biography