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Fordlandia : the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city / Greg Grandin.
Van Pelt Library F2651.F55 G72 2009
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grandin, Greg, 1962-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
- Ford Motor Company.
- Civilization.
- History.
- Political and social views.
- Rubber plantations.
- Planned communities.
- Fordlândia (Brazil)--History.
- Fordlândia (Brazil).
- Planned communities--Brazil--History--20th century.
- Rubber plantations--Brazil--Fordlândia--History--20th century.
- Ford Motor Company--Influence--History--20th century.
- Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Political and social views.
- Ford, Henry.
- Brazil--Civilization--American influences--History--20th century.
- Brazil.
- Brazil--Fordlândia.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Co., 2009.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [373]-398) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780805082364
- 0805082360
- OCLC:
- 276930372
- Online:
- Contributor biographical information
- Publisher description
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