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Jacob A. Riis
Children of the Poor

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Working with a friend from the Health Department, Riis filled The Children of the Poor (1892) with statistical information about public health, education, and crime. He argued that teaching immigrant children about American democracy would help to make them productive citizens.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● ISBN 9783987441516 ● Publisher Otbebookpublishing ● Published 2022 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 8397098 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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