Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower East Side

by Raymond Bial

Book Overview

Life on the Lower East Side was bustling. Immigrants from many European countries had come to make a better life for themselves and their families in the United States. But the wages they earned were so low that they could afford only the most basic accommodations--tenements. Unfortunately, there were few laws protecting the residents of tenements, and landlords took advantage of this by allowing the buildings to become cramped and squalid. There...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0618138498
• ISBN13: 9780618138494
• Release Date: August 2002
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 10 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 5 to 7