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Jacob August Riis Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)
3. Mai 1849 – 26. Mai 1914
Jacob August Riis war ein amerikanischer Journalist, dessen Werk sich auf die Armen in New York City konzentrierte. Seine Schriften, geprägt von seiner frühen Lektüre von Dickens und J.F. Cooper in Dänemark, zeugen von erzählerischen Fähigkeiten, die er durch englischsprachige Autoren verfeinert hat. Riiss Ansatz zeichnete sich durch ein scharfes Gespür für soziale Ungerechtigkeit und einen erzählerischen Stil aus, der die harten Realitäten marginalisierter Gemeinschaften beleuchtete. Durch seine journalistische Arbeit wollte er Empathie wecken und gesellschaftlichen Wandel anstoßen, indem er das Leben der oft Übersehenen aufdeckte.
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The belief that every man's experience ought to be worth something to the community from which he drew it, no matter what that experience may be, so long as it was gleaned along the line of some decent, honest work, made me begin this book. With the result before him, the reader can judge for himself now whether or not I was right. Right or wrong, the many and exacting duties of a newspaper man's life would hardly have allowed me to bring it to an end but for frequent friendly lifts given me by willing hands. To the President of the Board of Health, Mr. Charles G. Wilson, and to Chief Inspector Byrnes of the Police Force I am indebted for much kindness. The patient friendship of Dr. Roger S. Tracy, the Registrar of Vital Statistics, has done for me what I never could have done for myself; for I know nothing of tables, statistics and percentages, while there is nothing about them that he does not know. Most of all, I owe in this, as in all things else, to the womanly sympathy and the loving companionship of my dear wife, ever my chief helper, my wisest counsellor, and my gentlest critic. J. A. R.
Jacob Riis
- 127 Seiten
- 5 Lesestunden
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- 256 Seiten
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Published in 1890, Riis's study of the horrendous living conditions of the poor in New York City had an immediate impact on society, inspiring reforms that affected the lives of millions of people. This edition will include all the photos Riis used to illustrate the first edition.