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Ford : decline and rebirth, 1933-1962 / by Allan Nevins and Frank Ernest Hill ; research associates, Mira Wilkins, George B. Heliker and William Greenleaf.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971, author.
Hill, Frank Ernest, 1888-1969, author.
Contributor:
History E-Book Project
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.
Ford, Henry.
Ford Motor Company.
Physical Description:
1 online resource : illustrations, portraits
Place of Publication:
New York : Scribner, [1963]
System Details:
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Summary:
The 3rd of three volumes telling the history of Ford Motor Company. This volume contains the moving personal story of an aging genius who battled valiantly but in vain to recover his position of supremacy in the motorcar industry. This account is tragic in that in involves Henry Ford's refusal to use the full talents of his gifted son Edsel, who might have helped him to win success. Edsel did much to strengthen the company, but he was not permitted to do all that he could. Ford rejected him as his chief adviser, Edsel died, and the firm, after losing other able executives, occupied a desperate position when Henry Ford II assumed full control.
Contents:
Crisis of 1933
The troubled march of labor
Challenge of the future
Overseas domain
A company in the doldrums
A new deal for labor
Shadow of war
Arsenal of democracy
Power is the prize
End of a legend
Outer empire: war and peace
Reaching for answers
To rebuild a company
Lions in the path
Ford becomes a challenge
Foreign scene: the postwar world
The great transformation
Present and future.
Notes:
A continuation of the author's Ford: the times, the man, the company; and his Ford: expansion and challenge, 1915-1933.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ACLS Humanities, viewed June 5, 2026).
Other Format:
Print version: Nevins, Allan, 1890-1971. Ford.
OCLC:
756448337
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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