Abstract
Analyzing the economic, social, and cultural development of each immigration settlement is an important subject for clarifying the formation of the Brazilian State, which is a multi-ethnic nation. Although Dutch immigrants in Brazil are minorities in number, their activities and contribution in the fields of horticulture, livestock farming, and dairy industry are particularly significant. In this paper, attempts are made to clarify the history of Dutch immigrants and development factors of the Dutch settlement empirically, based on the case study of the Castrolanda Settlement in Castro City, Paraná State. The Castrolanda is a representative Protestant Dutch settlement in Brazil.
As a result, it was clarified that national support based on the Bilateral Immigration Treaty, the improvement of the migration environment by the support of Dutch firstcomers and religious organizations, and the stable life in the settlement supported by the solid sense of solidarity of the Dutch community fostered by the Evangelical Reformed Church and endogamy promoted at the beginning of colonization, contributed greatly to the economic, social, and cultural development of the Castrolanda Settlement.
