Project Gutenberg 2009-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 291 Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August) 1849 1914 Riis, Jacob August The Battle with the Slum Produced by David Edwards, Christine P. Travers and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) "The Battle with the Slum" by Jacob A. Riis is a social commentary written in the early 20th century. The book serves as a continuation of Riis's previous work, "How the Other Half Lives," and focuses on the urgent need for reform in the slums of urban America. Riis highlights the struggles of impoverished communities, the systemic issues that keep them trapped in cycles of poverty, and the communal efforts required to bring about change. The opening of the narrative introduces key themes such as the indelible link between slum conditions and broader societal issues. Riis paints a vivid picture of the slums as not just a physical manifestation of urban decay, but as a result of systemic neglect, greed, and moral failure. He argues for the necessity of civic engagement and justice to combat the challenges faced by the residents of the slums, emphasizing that without intervention, both the communities and the city at large would face dire consequences. The text sets the groundwork for a deeper exploration of specific battles against the injustices faced in these neighborhoods, showcasing the intertwining of social welfare and political action. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Poor Poor -- New York (State) -- New York Tenement houses -- New York (State) -- New York HV Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - American Browsing: Sociology 731309 728337 2024-09-12T07:45:34.436199 2023-09-12T11:04:26.344278 text/html text/html 707984 2009-03-01T11:18:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 4963049 2009-03-01T11:18:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 5069021 2024-09-12T07:45:50.059100 application/epub+zip 5080897 2024-09-12T07:45:38.866197 application/epub+zip 324464 2024-09-12T07:45:36.432162 application/epub+zip 5318963 2024-09-12T07:45:56.895060 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 5226402 2024-09-12T07:45:47.554198 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 482575 2022-09-13T07:42:25.292749 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 580831 580604 2024-09-12T07:45:32.443176 2023-09-12T11:04:24.509280 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 580623 2009-03-01T11:18:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 224617 2009-03-01T11:18:08 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 580620 2009-03-01T11:18:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 224547 2009-03-01T11:18:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20844 2024-09-12T07:45:57.055050 application/rdf+xml 13009 2024-09-12T07:45:37.133162 image/jpeg 3797 2024-09-12T07:45:36.899189 image/jpeg 5032854 2024-09-12T07:45:34.712191 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia