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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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Main Author: Grandin, Greg, 1962-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Metropolitan Books, 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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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.
Physical Description:xii, 416 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-398) and index.
ISBN:9780805082364
0805082360
Author Notes:Greg Grandin is the author of Fordlandia , Empire's Workshop , The Last Colonial Massacre , and the award-winning The Blood of Guatemala . An associate professor of Latin American history at New York University, and a Guggenheim fellow, Grandin has served on the United Nations Truth Commission investigating the Guatemalan Civil War and has written for the Los Angeles Times , The Nation , The New Statesman , and The New York Times .

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