Jacob Riis shocked the American public with his heart-rending work, How the Other Half Lives. even though the title says the other "half," we can probably more accurately say the other "85%." The vast majority of the united states was not living the American dream of wealth and prosperity, and Riis attempts to expose that in this work. go to www.bartleby.com/208/ to view the online text. The stories described are indicative of the struggle and hardship of multitudes of immigrants during the period of unregulated industrial exploitation of immigrant and native labors in the pursuit of profit and industrial dominance.
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