immigration, participation and integration in 20th century
by
Charles do Rego
Language: Dutch
Release Date: June 27, 2012
The rapid industrialization of Curacao, based on oil refining, resulted in an urgent need for labor which the small community could not provide sufficiently. The Portuguese, mostly from Madeira, were among the immigrant laborers who came by the thousands from the 1920s until the 1950s. A small group...