20세기 전반 동성촌락의 경제적 변화 ―장흥군 용산면 칠리안속 마을을 중심으로

Abstract

This paper examines the impact of traditional status system on landownership pattern in the early 20th century Korea. Three single-surname villages in Changhǔng County in Chŏlla Province are chosen for the case study: Sanggǔmni (S Village), Hagǔmni (H Village), and Kwanjiri (K Village). In terms of the number of members affiliated with the Village School and the County Council, S Village was a yangban village, H Village was a middle status village, and K village was a low status village. Despite a hierarchy evident in status, however, three villages show no fixed pattern in rate of land transfers, increaseof landowners, and concentration of land distribution. In the rate of land transfer, there exists a correspondence between the higher village status and the rate of land transfer, thus S Village has the highest rate and K Village has the lowest. Yet, there exists no correspondence between the increase of landowners and the village status, thus S Village has the largest increase, K Village has the second, and H Village has the lowest. Furthermore, the village status has little impact on the concentration of land distribution. In short, the landownership patterns in these three villages show little connection with their status. In other words, entering the 20th century under the Japanese colonial rule, the village status as yangban and commoner has little impact on its economic change.