Fordlandia : the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city

Fordlandia : the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city / Greg Grandin.

Author/creator	Grandin, Greg, 1962-
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Metropolitan Books, 2009.
Description	xii, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
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Subject(s)	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Political and social views. Ford Motor Company--Influence --History --20th century. Planned communities--Brazil --History --20th century. Rubber plantations--Brazil --Fordlândia --History --20th century. Fordlândia (Brazil)--History. Brazil--Civilization --American influences --History --20th century.

Contents	Introduction : nothing is wrong with anything -- Many things otherwise inexplicable. Under an American flag ; The cow must go ; Absolute Americanisms ; That's where we sure can get gold ; Fordville ; They will all die ; Everything Jake ; When Ford comes -- Lord Ford. Two rivers ; Smoke and ash ; Prophesied subjection ; The Ford way of thinking ; What would you give for a good job? ; Let's wander out yonder ; Kill all the Americans -- Rubber Rouge. American pastoral ; Good lines, straight and true ; Mountains of the moon ; Only God can grow a tree ; Standard practices ; Bonfire of the Caterpillars ; Fallen empire of rubber ; Tomorrow land -- Epilogue : still waiting for Henry Ford.
Abstract	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-398) and index.
LCCN	2008049642
ISBN	9780805082364
ISBN	0805082360

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F2651.F55 G72 2009	✔ Available	Place Hold