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

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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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Main Author: Grandin, Greg, 1962-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, [2009]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Fordlândia (Brazil) > History.
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.
Brazil > Civilization > American influences > History > 20th century.
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