“In addition to covering the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, this book focuses on immigration and workers rights; two larger issues that led to the fire. Most of the workers who died in the fire were immigrant women, and unsafe working conditions are responsible for their deaths. There are many great images included in the book, including several from Jacob Riis' groundbreaking 1890 work "How the Other Half Lives." ”
Donna Block wrote this review Wednesday, October 12, 2011.
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