20세기 마산 상남동 지역에서 전개된 사회변화와 근대교육의 여러 양상

Abstract

From a perspective of the history of Masan, every place stands for the time when the place was built. For instance, four particular places in Masan including the old Masan area that was developed as a city in the late Chosun dynasty era, the new Masan area that was built in the port area after the opening port era, the middle Masan area that was formed between the Old and New Masan area, and the eastern Masan area that was constructed during the industrialization era of the late 1960s reflect their times of Masan. As the subject of this study, Sangnam-dong is a historic downtown area located between the old Masan and the eastern Masan area, which was originally a farming settlement. Later, this area has been developed as a center in the area of northern Masan. This paper is a comparative study of two particular aspects (i.e., social change and modern education) that were unfolded in the area of Sangnam-dong (currently, Nosan-dong) in the last century. Regarding the aspect of social change, the changing process from rural society to industrial society has been reviewed, and then this process has been compared with the emergence of modern education institutions. In particular, three historic schools have been investigated for the study, and these are Changshin School, an academic Christian missionary school, Masan Commercial School, a civil and public vocational school, and Sunhwa Higher Civic School, a higher educational institution for poor women which was established by local residents. The first and second schools of them stand for modern education conducted in this area during the opening port era and the Japanese colonial era, respectively. The last represents modern education corresponding to the industrialized society of the late 1960s.