This classic account of slum conditions in New York City was first published in 1890, without photographs. New Yorkers read with horror that three-quarters of the residents of their city were housed in tenements and that in those tenements rents were substantially higher than in…
This classic account of slum conditions in New York City was first published in 1890, without photographs. New Yorkers read with horror that three-quarters of the residents of their city were housed in tenements and that in those tenements rents were substantially higher than in…
This classic account of slum conditions in New York City was first published in 1890, without photographs. New Yorkers read with horror that three-quarters of the residents of their city were housed in tenements and that in those tenements rents were substantially higher than in…
Slum tourism: poverty, power and ethics
by Frenzel, Fabian, Koens, Ko, Steinbrink, Malte
Slum tourism is a globalizing trend and a controversial form of tourism. Impoverished urban areas have always enticed the popular imagination, considered to be places of ‘otherness’, ‘moral decay’, ‘deviant liberty’ or ‘authenticity’. ‘Slumming’ has a long tradition in the Glo…
Slum tourism is a globalizing trend and a controversial form of tourism. Impoverished urban areas have always enticed the popular imagination, considered to be places of 'otherness', 'moral decay', 'deviant liberty' or 'authenticity'. 'Slumming' has a long tradition in the Globa…
This edited work deals solely and specifically with the global phenomenon slum tourism from interdisciplinary perspectives. Building on research by prolific researchers the book contributes a comprehensive and unique overview of current empirical, practical and theoretical knowl…
Slum tourism is a globalizing trend and a controversial form of tourism. Impoverished urban areas have always enticed the popular imagination, considered to be places of 'otherness', 'moral decay', 'deviant liberty' or 'authenticity'. 'Slumming' has a long tradition in the Globa…
"First published in 1893, when Stephen Crane was only twenty-one years old, Maggie is the harrowing tale of a beautiful young woman's fall into prostitution and destitution in New York City's notorious bowery slum. In vivid prose and with a sexual candour remarkable for his day,…