Fordlandia : the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city /
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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Metropolitan Books ; Henry Holt and Company,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Online Access: | Sample text Table of contents Table of contents Table of contents Table of contents Contributor biographical information Publisher description Contributor biographical information Publisher description Sample text |
| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Awards: | National Book Award Finalist, Nonfiction, 2009 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in History, 2010 A 2010 Michigan Notable Books selection |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-398) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780805082364 0805082360 9780312429621 0312429622 |