Namdaemun Market

Ⅰ. Overview
1 Research Overview
2 Research Methods and Procedures

Ⅱ. Historical Geography and Commercial History of Namdaemun Market
1 The Establishment of Government Shops, the Origin of a Market inside Hanyang
2 The Chilpae Market in Late Joseon and Commerce around Namdaemun
3 Port Opening, Urban Modernization and the Advent of Namdaemun Market
4 Namdaemun Market during the Japanese Colonial Period
5 Namdaemun Market after Liberation
6 Change in Market Functions and Transformation into a Modernized Market

Ⅲ. Socio-Economic Geography of Namdaemun Market and the Micro-politics of the Marketplace
1 Namdaemun Market where Everything Comes and Goes and Changes
2 Interests of Landlords and Workers in the Marketplace
3 Response to Changing Environment and Place-Based Inertia

Ⅳ. Recorded View of and Survey Research on Namdaemun Market “The City History Full of
Development and Fortuitousness: Namdaemun Market”
1 Before Recording
2 Market Blocks Developed Based on Arranged Land Register and Orderly Streets
3 Multi-Level Block Malls Built for Mass Circulation and Consumption
4 Temporary Structures Left Undeveloped
5 Movable Street Stalls Still Coming up
6 Another Advantageous Building, Namdaemun Merchants’Residence

Ⅴ. People in Namdaemun Market, “We’ve Got Everything but a Dragon”
1 Tokyo Food, Jang Gi-su Male, Born in 1941, Dried Fish
2 Dadasa, Shin Eun-cheol Male, Born in 1947, Trading in Imported Kitchen Supplies
3 Kumhosa, Lee Seok-jae Male, Born in 1936, Accessories Shop