著者

竹野 学

出版者

社会経済史学会

雑誌

社会経済史学 (ISSN:00380113)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.66, no.5, pp.569-586,601, 2001-01-25 (Released:2017-08-09)

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The Agency of Karafuto (South-Sakhalin) thought that there was a gap between their idea of establishing a distinctively Karafuto agriculture and the viewpoint of the Karafuto peasants. The object of this paper is to clarify the actual state of Karafuto agriculture by analyzing not only the Agency but also the peasants themselves. The difference in the attitudes of the two defined the development of Karafuto agriculture. Colonialist scholars and officials insisted that peasants should concentrate on growing their own food instead of growing cash crops. However, peasants resisted this idea because it would cause a decline in their living standards and continued to emphasize the production of cash crops even though this was contrary to the wishes of the Agency. After a boom in cash crop production, peasants began to breed cows, which was in accordance with the goals of the Agency. However, their main objective was still to obtain a cash income. The Agency of Karafuto could not resolve the difference in objectives, and therefore was unable to realize its vision of Karafuto agriculture.