Part Two: Major Economic Sectors

7. International Trade

• Major Markets

• Europe

• North America

• Mainland South America

• The Caribbean

• The Jews and Trade

• The African Slave Trade

• Rise of the Dutch Slave Trade

• Curaçao as a Slave Depot

• Decline of the Dutch SLave Trade

• Trade and Warefare

• Contraband Trade with Spanish America

• Jean Chourio

8. Shipping

• The Wharves

• The Jews and Shipping

• Shipbuilding

• Maritime Insurance

• Shipping Agencies

• Blacks and Shipping

• Ferries

• The Age of Steam

• Mail Service

• Bunkering

• Development of the Inner Harbor

• Curaçao as a Naval Station

• S.E.L. Maduro

9. Banking and Finance

• Currency

• International Coinage

• Local Bank Notes and Coins

• Early Banks

• The Central Bank

• The Orphans' Chamber and Mortgage Bank

• Savings & Pawn Bank of Curaçao

• The Colonial Postal Savings Bank

• Twentieth Century Private Bankng

• Maduro & Curiel's Bank

• Dutch Bank of the West Indies

• Other Pre-War Banks

• Post World War Two Banking

• The Lower Classes and Financial System

• Cooperatives and Credit Unions

• Offshore

• Jacob Abraham Jesurun

10. Small Scale Crafts and Industries

• Straw Hat Plaiting

• Furniture Making

• Curaçao Liqueur

• Other Town Industries

• Smithery

• Tobacco

• Printing

• Construction

• Rural Industries

• Salt Extraction

• Phosphate Mining

• Other Rural Industries

• Organizations

• Curaçao Chamber of Commerce & Industry

• Trade and Industry Association

• Cooperatives and Other Grassroots Organizations

• Juan "Dodo" Florencio Walter

10. Tourism

• Early Venezuelan Tourism

• The Cruise Boom

• Air Connections

• Hotels and Stayover Tourism

• Tourism Promotion

• Publications

• Organizations

• Town Renovations and Other Attractions

• Tourism and Commerce

• Charles Fuhrmann

Epilogue

• Our Future: Curaçao as the Ultimate Link

Notes

• Chapter I - From Cattle Ranch to Naval Base (1499-1648)

• Chapter II - The Dutch Emporium (1648-1790)

• Chapter III - Economic Stagnation and Decline (1790-1863)

• Chapter IV - Free but Poor (1863-1915)

• Chapter V - Welcome Oil (1915-1940)

• Chapter VI - The Post War Years (1940-1990)

• Chapter VII - International Trade

• Chapter VIII - Shipping

• Chapter IX - Banking and Finance

• Chapter X - Small Scale Crafts and Industries

• Chapter XI - Tourism

Bibliography

Advisory Committee Members

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