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Extract from the Introduction, 'What the fight is about' : The slum is as old as civilization... The battle with the slum began the day civilization recognized in it her enemy. It was a losing fight until conscience joined forces with fear and…

See also the Collections Portal of the Museum of the City of New York, where more than 1400 photographs taken by Riis are available to view online. See also a LibriVox audio recording of the book. Alternative link to a different full-text version…