| A Ten Year War Contributor(s): Riis, Jacob a. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1508936293 ISBN-13: 9781508936299 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.41 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science - Biography & Autobiography - Literary Collections | Ancient, Classical & Medieval |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.37 lbs) 118 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Ten Year War is a urban American history work by Jacob A. Riis. The slum is as old as civilization. Civilization implies a race, to get ahead. In a race there are usually some who for one cause or another cannot keep up, or are thrust out from among their fellows. They fall behind, and when they have been left far in the rear they lose hope and ambition, and give up. Thenceforward, if left to their own resources, they are the victims, not the masters, of their environment; and it is a bad master. They drag one another always farther down. The bad environment becomes the heredity of the next generation. Then, given the crowd, you have the slum ready-made. |