Colonization and Plantation Management of Daito Islands —Its historical development—

Abstract

This is a study on historical development of Daito Islands. Daito Islands are highly detached archipelagoes on the Pacific Ocean, located to the east of the main island of Okinawa (Fig. 1). I started the survey on the supposition that the development of these islands was made under the influence of Japanese capitalism, which seems to present some important problems. © 1977, The Human Geographical Society of Japan. All rights reserved.