구한말 하와이 이민자의 이민 전 거주지 연구 - 처음 1년 반 (1903년 1월-1904년 6월) 동안의 경우 = A Study on "Last Residence" of Early Korean Immigrants to Hawaii - For the first 1 and 1/2 years out of a total of 2 and 1/2 years

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The present study analyzes the data regarding "the last residence" of the early Korean immigrants to Hawaii in an effort to see how many immigrants came from which regions of the Korean peninsular.
The data used in this analysis is from the list of "Korean Passengers Arriving at Honolulu, 1903-1905", compiled by Duk Hee Lee Murabayashi of the Committee for the Centennial Celebration of Korean Immigration to the United States.
The shipment of the immigrants lasted 2 and 1/2 years. The period under analysis in the present study, however, was limited to the first 1 and 1/2 years because the data on the last residence for the latter one year were either lacking or of the administrative level too low to tell where is where.
Major findings are as follows:1. In the case of the first contingent of Korean immigrants to Hawaii those from Chemulpo/Inchun and its neighboring areas constituted an absolute majority.
2. During the first 6 months of the immigration Chemulpo topped the list in terms of the number of immigrants to Hawaii to be followed by Seoul. During the second 6 months Seoul topped the list to be followed by Pyungyang, Pusan, and Wonsan. During the third 6 month period Seoul maintained its top rank position with Inchun, Pusan, Kimhai, Hamheung, and Wonsan following.
3. In the analysis by "Do" (Province), Kyonggi province was found to emigrate the largest group to Hawaii. The immigrants from South Kyungsang province formed the 2nd largest group. Three provinces, that is, North Kyungsang, South Pyungan, and South Harnkyung were about the same, ranking the third, in terms of number of people migrating to Hawaii during the earlier 1 and 1/2 year period of immigration.
4. The Korean immigrants were found to have come from practically every corner of the Korean peninsular.