Portuguese Labor Migration to Curaçao ; Spanish ; Français
This article deals with the social, economic and political factors which determined the emigration of poor peasants and low skilled laborers from Madeira, to Curaçao and why they made this choice. A first and massive wave took place in the period of the 1920s until the 1950s and the workers came on a contract for the oil industry. The Portuguese island of Madeira, experienced serious economic problems and social disparities in those days. This was also the period in which the authoritarian Portuguese government controlled the migration of its people. The labor migration for the oil industry ca... Mehr ...
Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
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Erscheinungsdatum: | 2017 |
Verlag/Hrsg.: |
Institute of Caribbean Studies
College of Social Sciences at the University of Puerto Rico Río Piedras Campus |
Schlagwörter: | labor migration / contract laborers / oil worker / remittances / chain migration / multi-ethnicity / migración laboral / obreros petroleros / remesas / migración en cadena / multi-etnicidad / obreros contratados / migration des travailleurs / ouvriers pétroliers / transfert d‘argent / migration en groupe / multiethnicité / ouvriers embauchés |
Sprache: | Spanish |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26617543 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://revistas.upr.edu/index.php/csj/article/view/7000 |
This article deals with the social, economic and political factors which determined the emigration of poor peasants and low skilled laborers from Madeira, to Curaçao and why they made this choice. A first and massive wave took place in the period of the 1920s until the 1950s and the workers came on a contract for the oil industry. The Portuguese island of Madeira, experienced serious economic problems and social disparities in those days. This was also the period in which the authoritarian Portuguese government controlled the migration of its people. The labor migration for the oil industry came to an end in the 1950s but the Madeirean immigration continued thereafter, because the need of labor for certain specific areas and jobs for which almost no local laborer wanted to apply, such as in agriculture in Curaçao, was an important factor. But it was, on one hand, also the result of persisting social and political problems in the homeland, conscription for the army in wartime and little perspective for individual progress. On the other hand the pull factors after the oil period were considered strong enough to maintain a considerable attraction to Curaçao. ; Este artículo trata sobre los factores sociales, económicos y políticos que propiciaron la emigración de campesinos pobres y de trabajadores poco diestros de Madeira a Curazao, y por qué tomaron esta decisión. Una primera y masiva ola tuvo lugar en el periodo de los años 20 hasta los años 50 con trabajadores que iban contratados por la industria petrolera. La isla portuguesa de Madeira experimentó serios problemas económicos y disparidades sociales durante este tiempo. Este también fue el periodo en el cual el autoritario gobierno portugués controlaba la migración de su gente. La migración de trabajadores para la industria petrolera terminó en los 50 pero la inmigración continuó después por la necesidad de trabajo en ciertas áreas específicas y trabajos para los cuales los trabajadores locales no querían solicitar, como la agricultura en Curazao, fue un ...