Profiles the late-nineteenth-century photographer most remembered for his depictions of New York's urban poor at the height of European immigration, in a visual study that evaluates his work as a proponent of social reform.
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Anbieter: Roundabout Books, Greenfield, MA, USA
hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1699629
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Anbieter: Eureka Books, Eureka, CA, USA
Hardcover. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. First edition (first printing). A very good copy in a very good dust jacket. A provocative new illustrated history of the famed early chronicler of New York's immigrant poor, seen here as an opportunistic, camera-toting social reformer whose legacy lives on. I don't remember my mother or my aunts and uncles talking of their father as a photographer.In his letters--I have read most of them--he never mentions a camera.--J. Riis Owre (grandson of Jacob Riis) More than ninety years after his death, Jacob Riis maintains a stubbornly persistent hold on the American imagination. Remembered as a pioneering photographer, he was the first to document the state of New York's slums, publicizing in haunting photographs the plight of the urban poor at the height of European immigration to the city. But Riis confessed to being no good at all as a photographer and in recent years has been disparaged for racist views and political opportunism. In Rediscovering Jacob Riis, Bonnie Yochelson and Daniel Czitrom address the complex legacy of the pioneering social reformer. In a work of highly original scholarship, they reclaim Riis from the art camp, relocating him in the field of social and cultural history. Their provocative new book reveals Riis to be an inspired self-promoter who, although neither an original thinker nor a serious photographer, nevertheless framed the discussion of urban poverty in terms still relevant today. Extensively illustrated with Riis's images, Rediscovering Jacob Riis is revisionist history at its best, as appealing to photographers, journalists, and social historians as it is to the general reader. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 418673
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Anbieter: The Corner Bookshop, Bath, ME, USA
Hardcover. Zustand: Near Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Owner name, else cover and pages fine. Dust jacket near fine. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 086889
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Anbieter: GridFreed, San Diego, CA, USA
hardcover. Zustand: New. Advanced reader (paperback), same as hardcover. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 100-47947
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Anbieter: Riverwash Books (IOBA), Prescott, ON, Kanada
Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good-. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. 268 pp. Photos. Index. Notes. Spine gently bumped. Jacket has light edgewear. Prev owner's discard stamp on the ffep. A study of thissocial reformer, journalist and pioneer photographer. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers HIS3034
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Anbieter: BennettBooksLtd, Los Angeles, CA, USA
hardcover. Zustand: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers Q-1595581995
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Anbieter: Argosy Book Store, ABAA, ILAB, New York, NY, USA
hardcover. Zustand: fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. First. Illus. 8vo, two-toned boards, d.w. New York: New Press, (2007). Very good. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 240089
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