The Russian immigrant

Davis Jerome 1891-

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The RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT! BY DAVISJEROME e Cuder Fellow in Sociology a Columbia University <ta; c Pro^ssor of Sociology it L>arfrr;ui!th Coilepe ! ui n ited in fulfillment 01 th?partial requiremenis foi the of Doctor olHegree Philosophy in the of Political ScienFaculty Columbia University THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1922 EXCHANGE " "" The RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT BY JEROME[DAVIS Sometime Gilder Fellow in Sociology at Columbia University Assistant Professor of Sociology at Dartmouth College Submitted in fulfillment of thepartial requirements for the of Doctor ofdegree Philosophy in the of Political ScienceFaculty Columbia University JJeto gorfe THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1922 COPYRIGHT, 1922 BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY and PublishedSet up printed. September, 1922 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA i To the Russian whoseworkingmen unstinted toil to maintain thehelps basic industrial mechanism of Amer but who for the most areica, part by this service out of reachvery kept of the heart of ourwarm, friendly people. 5.174G1 VITA The author of this dissertation, Davis,Jerome born Dec. at He waswas 2, Kioto, Japan.1891, for at Newton NewSchool,prepared college High and at Oberlin Ohio.ton, Mass., Oberlin,Academy, He his work at Oberlin Colcompleted collegiate in in and waseconomics, gradulege 1913, majoring of A.ated with the B.degree In he studied at Union Sem1914-15 Theological and Columbia in continuinary University, 1915-16 his work at Oberlin Seming graduate in Y. M.

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• Russians
• United States

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• Langue: English
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The
RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT!
BY
DAVISJEROME
e Cuder Fellow in Sociology
a Columbia University
<ta; c Pro^ssor of Sociology
it L>arfrr;ui!th Coilepe
!
ui n ited in fulfillment 01 th?partial requiremenis
foi the of Doctor olHegree Philosophy
in the
of Political ScienFaculty
Columbia University
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1922EXCHANGE" ""
The
RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT
BY
JEROME[DAVIS
Sometime Gilder Fellow in Sociology
at Columbia University
Assistant Professor of Sociology
at Dartmouth College
Submitted in fulfillment of thepartial requirements
for the of Doctor ofdegree Philosophy
in the
of Political ScienceFaculty
Columbia University
JJeto gorfe
THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1922COPYRIGHT, 1922
BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
and PublishedSet up printed. September, 1922
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
iTo the Russian whoseworkingmen
unstinted toil to maintain thehelps
basic industrial mechanism of Amer
but who for the most areica, part by
this service out of reachvery kept
of the heart of ourwarm, friendly
people.
5.174G1VITA
The author of this dissertation, Davis,Jerome
born Dec. at He waswas 2, Kioto, Japan.1891,
for at Newton NewSchool,prepared college High
and at Oberlin Ohio.ton, Mass., Oberlin,Academy,
He his work at Oberlin Colcompleted collegiate
in in and waseconomics, gradulege 1913, majoring
of A.ated with the B.degree
In he studied at Union Sem1914-15 Theological
and Columbia in continuinary University, 1915-16
his work at Oberlin Seming graduate
in Y. M. C.From to he was A.inary. 1916 1918
War Work in Russia. In the of hespring 1919
the work for the Master atscompleted degree
Columbia and the conUniversity, following year
tinued at Columbia andgraduate study University
Union He received theTheological Seminary.
of the in In hediploma Seminary 1920. 1920-21
was Gilder Fellow in at Columbia UniSociology
In he became ofassistantversity. 1921 professor
at Dartmouth Besides contributsociology College.
a number of articles to he assisteding periodicals,
in the of a Lawspreparation Summary of Housing
in the United States and which wasCanada, pub
lished the Civic and Commerceby Minneapolis
Association in 1914.PREFACE
SOCIOLOGY must its with obbegin investigations
ofservation. As Dr. it,Giddings says Descrip
in of extion and will well advancehistory keep
* Of such a as The Russian Implanation." study
this is true. this subMoreover,migrant, especially
does not lend itself to statis
ject readily adequate
fartical treatment the data thus collected ourby
Federal Government are too and tomeager, attempt
an would involveindependent investigation large
resources and an extensive Theorganization. pres
ent an to describe theismonograph attempt only
main social forces on the Russian inimpinging
and their inevitable effect on his mind.America,
Of in this the writertreatise,many shortcomings
is much Ataware. best it can be but anvery ap
of conditions the ofproximation among majority
Russians in this The reader must bear incountry.
mind that the research was made aduring period
when the Russian s attitude was affected theby
social in his native and mustland,great upheaval
remember that in America one result of the war
was a series of measuresspirit repressive against
Russians.aliens, especially
1 F. TheGiddings, H., Principles of Sociology (New York, 1916),
p. 54.
viiviii Preface
Since the bulk of the Russian to theimmigration
StatesUnited is made of the and workup peasant
it is with them that we are conclasses,ing chiefly
cerned. as used is meant theRussian,By here,
Great Central Russia the WhiteRussian, ;inhabiting
between Poland and Russia and theRussian, ;living
Little from what was South RusRussian, formerly
sia. It does not include the Jews, Poles, Finns,
Ruthenians from orLetts, Lithuanians, Galicia,
other Slavic races. this we shallThroughout study
refer to the Russian defined above as Rusgroup
sians or Russian Slavs interchangeably.
The method has been :as follows First,employed
the matter available on the Russians inprinted
America was A list of books,analyzed. partial
and used is to bepamphlets, government reports
2
infound the mateSecond,appendix. unpublished
the result of made wererials, others,surveys by
utilized. these were researches Mr. ColeAmong by
of the Russian ofDivision theChicago, by Foreign
2 The book which the author found withonly dealing exclusively
from the Russian was a volumeimmigrants empire paper-bound
entitled The Russians in which dealt with andAmerica, Jews
Poles as well inas the Russian Slavs and was available only
the Russian The Mr. waslanguage. author, Vilchur, formerly
editor of The a Russian in NewSlovo, printedRusskoye newspaper
York. His book is more in the nature of a historical sketchpopular
than of an of of the Russian to ourtheanalysis relationship
inAmerican In addition to there was asociety. this, pamphlet
On the the the RussianRussian, Organization of Colony,Question of
the result of a made E. I. a member of theOmeltchenko,study by
Russian Mission sent to the United States byExtraordinary
This the results of visits toin containsKerensky 1917. personal
reached arethe various Russian and the conclusionscolonies,
important.