Jacob A. Riis 1849–1914. The Battle with the Slum. 1902.
Subject Index
Teachers’ attitude to reform, 369–371 |
“Three H’s” and “Three R’s,” 368, 387 |
Tombs, school for boys awaiting trial, 378, 379 |
Tompkins Square lodging house evening classes, 226 |
Truant school, 241, 242, 349, 350 |
Woman’s work in reform, 371, 377, 379 |
Schwab, Mr., summer excursions for boys, 405–406 |
Settlement, see University Settlement. |
Seven Dials reformation, “druv into decency,” 113–114 |
Seward Park—Crowds at play, 302–304 |
Delay in promised park, 295 |
Gymnastics, 302–303 |
Work started on, 296 |
Sheds, tenants in, 98 |
Showerbaths for public schools, 283 |
Silver campaign, Irish laborer story, 217 |
Slaughter houses, rear tenements condemned as, 37, 105, 116 |
Slovak immigration, 202 |
Slums—Bacillus of the slum, 62 |
Beginning of the battle, 1–4 |
Chicago outlook, 17 |
Clubs, see that title. |
Crime, see that title. |
Democratic government imperilled by, 6 |
“Druv into decency,” 113–114 |
Funeral show, 109 |
Inquiry by United States government, 61, 97, 175 |
Italians, see that title. |
Jews, see that title. |
Making of the slum, 1 |
Slums—Military band, 252, 255 |
Parks, see that title. |
Population, see that title. |
Rome, 9–11 |
Schools, see that title. |
Sensations and shows, 109 |
Stroll through tenement-house neighborhood, 86–108 |
Sweating, see that title. |
Tammany, see that title. |
Tenements, see that title. |
Tuberculosis, 194–196, 300 |
Small parks law, 287 |
Advisory committee action, 287–291 |
Lost appropriation, 40 |
Origin of, 274 |
Smallpox epidemics, 29, 34, 64, 67 |
Snyder, builder of schools, 353 |
Soap factories prohibited below Grand Street, 107 |
Social halls scheme, 420 |