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@article{ART002038726},
author={Songsoon Lee},
title={The analysis of Joseon’s farm household economy in 1920s～early 1930s, the Japanese Colonial period},
journal={The Review of Korean History},
issn={1225-133X},
year={2015},
number={119},
pages={281-328}

TY - JOUR
AU - Songsoon Lee
TI - The analysis of Joseon’s farm household economy in 1920s～early 1930s, the Japanese Colonial period
JO - The Review of Korean History
PY - 2015
VL - null
IS - 119
PB - The Historical Society Of Korea
SP - 281
EP - 328
SN - 1225-133X
AB - This study compares farm household economy of the 1920s and the early 1930s in Joseon under the Japanese colonial rule. Cadastral survey project of the 1910s organized land ownership and land taxation system, and the subsequent rice production increase plan of the 1920s promoted increase and commercialization of produce. These projects and plans led to fortification of colonial landlord system, and economic inequality–polarization–rose within farm towns. Farm household economy of the 1920s had a definite correlation with land ownership and the scale of farming business. The trend of land capitalization became more prominent, and this trend became the source of wealth and surplus. However, farmers with land of less than 3,000 pyeong and farmers without land suffered from deficit. The extent of such inequality and polarization between classes differed from region to region. Southern parts of the peninsula, which relied more heavily on rice farming, experienced a greater polarization than the northern region. Starting in the late 1920s, the territories under Japanese imperial rule began to experience surplus in rice production, and the economy of colonial Joseon, which focused on increasing the rice production after agricultural depression that followed the Great Depression, underwent a severe hardship. Especially, farmers with small land or no land, who had a weaker economic base, failed more quickly and at a greater scale. Dry-field farming regions, which fortunately were exposed less to produce commercialization, saw a more stable farm household economy. Japanese imperialism transformed into militarism-fascism in the process of overcoming the Great Depression that brought economic disaster and embarked on war of aggression, which eventually resulted in the collapse of the Japanese imperialism.
KW - farm household economy;farm budget;inequality;polarization;rice commercialization;farm income;cost of living;cost of production
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Songsoon Lee. (2015). The analysis of Joseon’s farm household economy in 1920s～early 1930s, the Japanese Colonial period. The Review of Korean History, 119, 281-328.

Songsoon Lee. 2015, "The analysis of Joseon’s farm household economy in 1920s～early 1930s, the Japanese Colonial period", The Review of Korean History, no.119, pp.281-328.

Songsoon Lee "The analysis of Joseon’s farm household economy in 1920s～early 1930s, the Japanese Colonial period" The Review of Korean History 119 pp.281-328 (2015) : 281.

Songsoon Lee. The analysis of Joseon’s farm household economy in 1920s～early 1930s, the Japanese Colonial period. 2015; 119 : 281-328.

Songsoon Lee. "The analysis of Joseon’s farm household economy in 1920s～early 1930s, the Japanese Colonial period" The Review of Korean History no.119(2015) : 281-328.

Songsoon Lee. The analysis of Joseon’s farm household economy in 1920s～early 1930s, the Japanese Colonial period. The Review of Korean History, 119, 281-328.

Songsoon Lee. The analysis of Joseon’s farm household economy in 1920s～early 1930s, the Japanese Colonial period. The Review of Korean History. 2015; 119 281-328.

Songsoon Lee. The analysis of Joseon’s farm household economy in 1920s～early 1930s, the Japanese Colonial period. 2015; 119 : 281-328.

Songsoon Lee. "The analysis of Joseon’s farm household economy in 1920s～early 1930s, the Japanese Colonial period" The Review of Korean History no.119(2015) : 281-328.