How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
Jacob A. Riis
Play
Length 8 h 50 min
Chapters 28
First published 1890
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York (1890) was a pioneering work of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting the squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s. It served as a basis for future muckraking journalism by exposing the slums to New York City’s upper and middle class. The title of the book is a reference to a phrase of François Rabelais, who wrote in Pantagruel: "one half of the world does not know how the other half lives". (Summary by Wikipedia)
Chapters
1
00 - Preface Read by Guero 1:50
2
02 - The Awakening Read by Lee Ann Howlett 10:02
3
03 - The Mixed Crowd Read by Lee Ann Howlett 15:09
4
04 - The Down Town Back-Alleys Part 1 Read by MaryAnn 14:24
5
05 - The Down Town Back-Alleys Part 2 Read by MaryAnn 17:14
6
06 - The Italian in New York Read by Phil Chenevert 11:06
7
07 - The Bend Read by Phil Chenevert 25:46
8
08 - A Raid on the Stale-Beer Dives Read by Matthew Reece 15:16
9
09 - The Cheap Lodging-Houses Read by Parrot17 19:12
10
10 - Chinatown Read by Parrot17 22:21
11
11 - Jewtown Read by Phil Chenevert 25:37
12
12 - The Sweaters of Jewtown Read by Phil Chenevert 29:55
13
13 - The Bohemians - Tenement House Cigarmaking Read by Phil Chenevert 21:28
14
14 - The Color Line in New York Read by Phil Chenevert 19:02
15
15 - The Common Herd Part 1 Read by Lee Ann Howlett 18:50
16
16 - The Common Herd Part 2 Read by Phil Chenevert 14:34
17
17 - The Problem of the Children Read by Matthew Reece 14:17
18
18 - Waifs of the City's Slums Read by Lee Ann Howlett 15:01
19
19 - The Street Arab Read by mevans 22:20
20
20 - The Reign of Rum Read by ashleighjane 10:24
21
21 - The Harvest of Tares Read by Guero 30:57
22
22 - The Working Girls of New York Read by Guero 16:38
23
23 - Pauperism in the Tenements Read by Denny Sayers (d. 2015) 26:18
24
24 - The Wrecks and the Waste Read by Lee Ann Howlett 16:40
25
25 - The Man with the Knife Read by ashleighjane 7:27
26
26 - What Has Been Done Read by Phil Chenevert 25:47
27
27 - How the Case Stands Read by Phil Chenevert 26:35
28
28 - Appendix Read by Guero 19:47
From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org) , the text (opens archive.org) , all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org) .
