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The Battle with the Slum, by Jacob A. Riis
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Title: The Battle with the Slum
Author: Jacob A. Riis
Release Date: March 1, 2009 [EBook #28228]
Language: English
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THE BATTLE WITH THE SLUM
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THE BATTLE WITH THE SLUM
BY
JACOB A. RIIS
AUTHOR OF "THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN," "HOW THE OTHER HALF LIVES," ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
New York
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1902
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Copyright, 1902, By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped October, 1902.
Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co.--Berwick & Smith Norwood Mass. U.S.A.
PREFACE
Three years ago I published under the title "A Ten Years' War" a series of papers intended to account for the battle with the slum since I wrote "How the Other Half L