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A Reflection on

“how the other half lives� is a very detailed book and it lets u know how difficult it was for people to live in 1863.This book is one of those books that definitely affects you as soon as you read it, Jacob Riis the author of the book, wrote it exactly for this purpose, to let people know how the bad conditions they had in New York City. Jacob Riis tells you in full detail how the living conditions were, and who lived in them and how problems they had and were affected by them, Mostly how each ethnic group lived in the tenements, and what the city did to improve them.
With the ever growing craze of coming to America and starting a new and better life many immigrants had to start from the bottom. Many stayed at the bottom. Ethnic groups tended to stick together and in result "claimed" their own territory. Many worked low-wage jobs and were poverty-stricken. Vast immigration and over population was a problem in America.
Immigrants had......

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