Fordlandia : the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city
Grandin, Greg , 1962-
Fordlandia : the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city / Greg Grandin - 1st ed - New York : Metropolitan Books , 2009. - xii, 416 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-398) and index.
Part I: Many things otherwise inexplicable -- Part II: Lord Ford -- Part III: Rubber Rouge.
The stunning, never-before-told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the Amazon, "Fordlandia" depicts a desperate quest to salvage the bygone America that the Ford factory system did much to dispatch.
9780805082364
2008049642
Ford, Henry (, 1863-1947)
Ford Motor Company----History----20th century
Planned communities----History----Brazil----20th century
Rubber plantations----History----Brazil----Fordlandia----20th century
Fordlandia (Brazil)----History
Brazil----Civilization----American influences----History----20th century
F2651.F55 / G72 2009
307.768 GRA
Fordlandia : the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city / Greg Grandin - 1st ed - New York : Metropolitan Books , 2009. - xii, 416 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-398) and index.
Part I: Many things otherwise inexplicable -- Part II: Lord Ford -- Part III: Rubber Rouge.
The stunning, never-before-told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the Amazon, "Fordlandia" depicts a desperate quest to salvage the bygone America that the Ford factory system did much to dispatch.
9780805082364
2008049642
Ford, Henry (, 1863-1947)
Ford Motor Company----History----20th century
Planned communities----History----Brazil----20th century
Rubber plantations----History----Brazil----Fordlandia----20th century
Fordlandia (Brazil)----History
Brazil----Civilization----American influences----History----20th century
F2651.F55 / G72 2009
307.768 GRA
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