The Manufactured Contingency - Sōaikai and the Korean Laborers in Japan in the 1920s-30s

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1、Shi9SiqiShiKoreanModernityProfessorKwonFinalPaperTheManufacturedContingency:SōaikaiandtheKoreanLaborersinJapaninthe1920s-30sKoreansconstitutedthelargestcoloniallaborforceinimperialJapanduringthe1920sand30s.Largelyisolatedinthehostsociety,Koreanlaborersendureddiscriminatorytreatmentsandthecon

2、stantuncertaintyintheirlabormarket.Inthispaper,IintendtofocusontheselaborerswhomigratedtotheJapanesemetropolefromtheKoreancolonyinduringthe1920sand30s,andwanttoaskandanswerthefollowingquestions:WhatwerethefactorsbehindKoreanmassmigrationtoJapanduringthe1920s?Howweretheworkingandlivingconditi

3、onsoftheKoreansettlers?HowdidtheirKoreanethnicityinfluencetheseconditions,theirclassstatusandrelationwiththeJapanese?InwhatwayhadtheJapanese-KoreanassimilationistorganizationSōaikai(MutualLoveAssociation)improvedorworsenedtheseconditions?TheultimatepurposeofthisprojectistobetterunderstandJap

4、anesestate’shighlymediatedexploitationsofKoreanlaborersbehindthepromotedadvancementofassimilation.BeforetheannexationofKoreain1910,theKoreancommunityinJapanwascomposedprimarilyofstudents,politicalexilesandconsularofficials.Aftertheannexation,KoreanmigrationtotheJapanesemetropolestartedtogain

5、officialencouragementandthemigrantpopulationexponentiallyincreasedinthe1920sMichaelWeiner,TheOriginoftheKoreanCommunityinJapan,1910-1923.P52..TheprincipalreasonsbehindthisphenomenonShi9weretwofold.Thepushfactorsofthemigrationweretheagriculturaldestitutionanditsresultedeconomiccrisisinthe1920

6、s.Theagriculture-basedeconomiesofKoreasufferedtremendouslywhentheJapaneseauthoritiesimplementedaseriesofcoloniallandholdingpoliciesdescribedbyPeterDuusas“theKoreanlandgrab”PeterDuus,theAbacusandtheSword:TheJapanesePenetrationofKorea,1895-1910,P364.,whichallowedJapanesecoloniststotakeovercult

7、ivatedlandfromKoreanfarmersandmonopolizethedevelopmentofuncultivatedlandinKorea.Asaresult,largenumbersofimpoverished,landlesspeasantswereforcedtoleavethepeninsulainsearchofwork.Ontheotherhand,withtheoutbreakofWWI,theexhaustedlocallaborforceinJapanw