Written in 1890 by Danish-American Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives is a powerful non-fiction work about the half of the American population not made up of Carnegies, Astors, and Rockefellers. This other half is the poor--those living in disease-ridden tenements, often made heavily up of immigrants. Riis produced this, and its sequel Battle with the Slum, as an early photo-exposé of New York's living conditions for its poor. It's said the works "reveal through Riis’s sensationalist prose and photography the appalling living conditions in the Lower East Side of turn-of-the-century New York City."
How the Other Half Lives by The importance for Upton Sinclair's The Jungle to turn of the Twentieth century American literature is undeniable...
The Jungle by Literary Criticism
The Jungle - Upton Sinclair by Daughter of an Englishman and Chinese woman, Edith Maud Eaton (pen name Sui Sin Far) wrote this set of short stories for children and adults in 1912. The book offers stories that often revolve around her mixed 'Eurasian' heritage and Chinese traditions.
Through born in America, Willa Cather's novels often deal largely with western immigrations. Her novels are largely set on the frontier of Nebraska, and often feature strong immigrant families at the center of the narrative.
O Pioneers! by Literary Criticism
Masterplots: O, Pioneers! by 