The “other half” that Jacob Riis referred to in his 1890 book How the Other Half Lives were the

Jacob Riis’s How the Other Half Lives documented the crowded, unsanitary conditions faced by poor people in New York City. The “other half” refers to the working poor, whose lives differed sharply from those of wealthier people. Therefore, the correct choice is the working poor.

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