Fordlandia
the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city
by Greg Grandin, Grandin, and Greg Grandin
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In response to Britian's attempt to establish a rubber cartel, Henry Ford started Fordlandia, a rubber plantation in the Brazilian rain forest. Rain-forest biology made running a rubber plantation difficult; Ford's ideas about expertise, labor relations, and culture made it effectively impossible; changing economic and political circumstances eventually made the rubber plantation impractical.
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History, Ford Motor Company, Rubber plantations, Civilization, Planned communities, Influence, American influences, Political and social views, Ford, Henry, -- 1863-1947 -- Political and social views, Business & Investing -- Biography & History -- Company Profiles, History -- Americas -- South America -- Brazil, History -- Americas -- United States -- 20th Century, Nonfiction -- Automotive -- Industry, Ford, henry, 1863-1947, Brazil, civilization, Brazil, politics and government, Brazil, history, City planning, brazil, Plantations, Collectivités nouvelles, Histoire, Plantations d'arbres à caoutchouc, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Städtebau, Automobilindustrie, GummiindustriePeople
Henry Ford (1863-1947)Places
Brazil, Fordlándia, Fordlândia (Brazil)Times
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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
Oct 01, 2010, Icon Books
paperback
1848311540 9781848311541
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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
2010, Holt & Company, Henry
in English
1429938013 9781429938013
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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
April 27, 2010, Picador
Paperback
in English
0312429622 9780312429621
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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
2010, Icon Books, Limited
in English
1848311478 9781848311473
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Fordlandia: the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city
2009, Metropolitan Books
in English
- 1st ed.
0805082360 9780805082364
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Fordlandia: the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city
2009, Metropolitan Books
in English
- 1st ed.
0805082360 9780805082364
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Book Details
First Sentence
"January 9, 1928: Henry Ford was in a spirited mood as he toured the Ford Industrial Exhibit with his son, Edsel, and his aging friend Thomas Edison, feigning fright at the flash of news cameras as a circle of police officers held back admirers and reporters."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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