일제하 나주지역의 수리조합 설치와 군민의 대응

초록

The Naju area was a representative work zone of colonial Korea, and the water cooperative project utilizing the Yeongsan River system was promoted. The Haksan and Dasi suri Irrigation Associations were state-run projects led by Japanese landowners, some Korean landowners, and local authorities against the backdrop of a plan to increase production. The colonial power and its agents, the landowners, took an active role in the project, as it aimed to solve the food problem in Japan. In addition, coercion was manifested in the development of the project, such as the unilateral push to mobilize public authorities in the process of establishing repair cooperatives and the operation of cooperatives centered on landowners. Despite the fact that the repair union project required the expenditure of huge project costs that individual landowners could not afford, the government subsidy rate in colonial Korea was very low compared to that in Japan, and the interest rate on loans was high. Therefore, the pressure on small and medium-sized landowners' union fees was severe, and it became a factor in disputes over the repair union project. However, during the colonial period, repair cooperatives were established and operated to expand the profits of the Japanese government and large landowners, despite the opposition of some small and medium-sized landowners. Although there was a certain increase in production in the repair cooperative districts, the benefits mainly went to the large landowners who controlled the initiative of the cooperative. Therefore, the repair cooperative business was not utilized as an opportunity for economic growth for peasants, but rather as an opportunity for the colonial landlord system to be activated.

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