CHAPTER VI

THE SLAVS 120

Place of the Slavs in history--Lateness of their awakening--Size of the Slav groups in America--Occupational tendencies of the Slavic immigrants--Distribution--Alcoholism--Criminality-- Subjection of women--Extraordinary fecundity--Displacement of other elements--Resistance to Americanization--Clannishness-- Social characteristics of Slav settlements--Industrial segregation--Mental rating--Prospects of Slavic immigration.

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