2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Sugar and immigrants in the American west: Reexamination on the basis of the global regional geography of modernization
| Project/Area Number |
15K01172
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Geography
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| Research Institution | Nihon University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 地誌学 / アメリカ西部 / 砂糖 / テンサイ / 移民 / 近代化 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study attempted to clarify the regional changes that took place in the age of modernization from the late nineteenth century through the early twentieth century by focusing on the American West where the beet sugar industry played an important role in transforming regions. Case studies were conducted in Colorado, California, Utah and Idaho. Special atttention was paied to irrigation projects, sugar beet production, and the introduciton of capital and technology, while the role of Japanese, Mexicans, Germans from Russia and the Mormons was scrutinized. It is suggested that the beet sugar industry in the American West needs to be understood in the global system of sugar production.
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| Free Research Field |
geography
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