Analyzing Photographs “In the early 20th century‚ Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine used the new medium of photography to document the experiences of the working poor. Riis is best known for his investigations of life in 9the New York City tenements‚ while Hine produced several photo essays on child labor.“ (Ackerman 1) Mr. Jacob August Riis was born in Ribe‚ Denmark on May 3rd 1849 and died on May 26th 1914. Riis was a journalist and social reformer. Riis is the “son of Niels Edward Riis‚ a Latin teacher
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The names Lewis Hine and Jacob Riis have now become synonymous with the instigation of urban reform efforts. The two are regarded as pioneers in eradicating the problems on which they focused; Hine’s being child labour and Riis’s tenement housing. When questioning whether writing and images from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries inform us of ‘solutions’ to the aforementioned issues‚ I would conclude that an adequate answer cannot be formulated without reference to their work. For
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Jacob Riis played a central role in the debate over the causes and consequences of urban problems in the late 19th century. Riis was a photographer who started as a poor immigrant from Denmark. Initially Riis worked low paying jobs until he eventually found his calling in police reports and later photography. As a police reporter‚ Riis had unique access to the city’s slums. In the evenings‚ he would accompany law enforcement and members of the health department on raids of the tenements‚ witnessing
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An Interesting look into John Jacob Astor and the American Fur Trade Upon winning the Revolutionary War Americans were filled with a compulsion to manifest their destiny. They were Gods chosen people after all. What could possibly come in the way of them achieving what was their God given right‚ their destiny? The fur trade draws its roots from early exploration in America. The fur trade was an entirely simple concept that relied on pillaging mother nature ’s resources to turn the
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Jacob Kounin‚ an educational psychologist‚ became best known for his research of the effects of classroom management on student behaviour. In 1970‚ he published his book‚ Discipline and Group Management in Classrooms‚ after realising that teaching and discipline were closely related. He produced a model for teachers to effectively reduce student misbehaviour. There are many benefits for teachers who follow his model. In his book Discipline and Group Management‚ Jacob Kounin introduced a model for
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Jacob Riis It was 1890‚ a difficult time in the still young America‚ when author Jacob Riis won international acclaim for this bestseller of that year‚ “How the Other Half Lives‚” an in-depth expose on the desperate and squalid conditions of New York City’s tenements and slums. Riis’ book provided impetus to a sanitary reform movement that began in the 1840s and ultimately culminated in New York State’s landmark Tenement House Act of 1901. Jacob August Riis‚ journalist‚ author‚ photographer
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Photography is not just used to show an event; photography is used to capture the details‚ feelings‚ and thoughts of something – it provides a compelling representation of the author’s view. All this is done by Jacob Riis’s How the Other Half Lives‚ where the reader is informed about the hideous conditions that the poor had to face in New York City. Riis uses detailed images‚ facts with statistics‚ and examples to create an image to the reader of what these people go through in their everyday lives
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What exactly is The Monkey’s Paw and what is it about? It’s a supernatural short story written by W. W. Jacobs. The short story is based on fiction and was published in England in 1902. It’s based around a mummified monkey’s paw that works as a talisman and grants three wishes to whoever owns it. What some people might not know‚ is that when you make a wish‚ you’re messing with fate‚ so the wishes never go as expected. The Monkey’s Paw takes place in the White’s family home. This can be
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What if making wishes came with terrible consequences? In the story "The Monkey’s Paw" by W.W Jacobs‚ a family friend comes over and tells the White family about the monkey’s paw and its abilities to grant wishes. When making their first wish they don’t realize that the wish will come true in exchange of a terrible consequence. Their first wish was to receive 200 pounds‚ with that wish they’re son Herbert died in a terrible accident and in exchange the place their son worked out gave them 200 pounds
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and John Jacob Astor I. Introduction "Power tends to corrupt‚ and absolute power corrupts absolutely (Lord Acton). John Jacob Astor was a man that had absolute power during his era and used his power and wealth to benefit himself and not the "social fabric of society". Astor lived during the time of a post-revolutionary America which allowed him to build a monopolist empire with little restraint from government or society. Starting out in American as a young German immigrant‚ John Jacob Astor
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