Shutting out the sky : life in the tenements of New York, 1880-1924 / Deborah Hopkinson.
Hopkinson, Deborah.
2003
HV4046.N6 H66 2003 (Mapit)
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Title
Shutting out the sky : life in the tenements of New York, 1880-1924 / Deborah Hopkinson.
Author
Hopkinson, Deborah.
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
0439375908 (lib. bdg.)
Publication Details
New York : Orchard Books, 2003.
Language
English
Description
viii, 134 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Call Number
HV4046.N6 H66 2003
Dewey Decimal Classification
307.76/4/097471
Summary
Photographs and text document the experiences of five individuals who came to live in the Lower East Side of New York City as children or young adults from Belarus, Italy, Lithuania, and Romania at the turn of the twentieth century.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-122) and index.
Awards
Jane Addams Honor, 2004.
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