Reasons for the Survival of the ‘Pure' Type of Yugoslav Peasant Society

Lack of communications in the Yugoslav lands was, as elsewhere, the chief cause for the survival of ‘pure’ peasant society. The Balkan terrain is partly mountainous, so that road-building and maintenance would necessarily be a costly and difficult proposition before the development of modern engineering. As in Greece, though not quite to the same extent, rivers are often too violent for easy navigation.