Cortez Communityの展開過程

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In 1906, there occurred the first Japanese immigration to Yamato Colony, three miles away from Livingstone which is located 130 miles southeast of San Francisco. Then in 1919, thirteen years after that, Japanese started to colonize Cortez, seven miles northwest of Livingston. Both plans were initiated and steered by Kyutaro Abiko. Through the newspapers of his own publishing, Abiko struggled to disseminate his ideas to Japanese farmers in the area, encouraging them to settle there by engaging in agriculture. In order to materialize his concept, Abiko purchased the lands: the agent was his own development company, and the funds were also raised by his financial firm. He also provided loans for fellow Japanese who were seeking to buy lands through his banking business. This article tries to clarify the changing course of the Cortez community. Utilizing the written materials of the JARP collection in UCLA, together with the author's own interviews and questionnaire surveys, it focuses on activities and organizations of this colony, as well as the history of each family. The purpose of this article is to examine the solid and persistent-at the same time flexible and variant-nature of the colony as a community. This article sheds light on both the changing and unchanging aspects of Cortez.
関西学院大学の論文
2006-03-15