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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grandin, Greg, 1962- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Metropolitan Books ; Henry Holt and Company, 2009.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Ford Motor Company > Influence > History > 20th century.
Ford, Henry, > 1863-1947 > Political and social views.
Ford, Henry, > 1863-1947
Ford Motor Company
Ford, Henry, > 1863-1947.
Ford Motor Company > Influence > History.
Fordlândia (Brazil) > History.
Planned communities > Brazil > History > 20th century.
Rubber plantations > Brazil > Fordlândia > History > 20th century.
Brazil > Civilization > American influences > History > 20th century.
Collectivités nouvelles > Brésil > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Plantations d'arbres à caoutchouc > Brésil > Fordlândia > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Civilization > American influences
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Planned communities
Political and social views
Rubber plantations
Brazil
Brazil > Fordlândia
Fordlândia
Fordlândia (Brasilien)
Planned communities > Brazil > History.
Plantations > Fordl©Øndia (Brazil) > History.
Fordl©Øndia (Brazil) > History.
Brazil > Civilization > History.
Fordlândia.
Geschichte.
1900-1999
History
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Table of contents
Table of contents
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description
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