An edition of Fordlandia: the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city (2009)

Fordlandia

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

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An edition of Fordlandia: the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city (2009)

Fordlandia

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

1st ed.

by , , and

  • ★★★★ 4.0 (1 rating) ·
  • 8 Want to read
  • 2 Have read

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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Metropolitan Books
Language
English
Pages
416

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Subjects

History, Ford Motor Company, Rubber plantations, Civilization, Planned communities, Influence, American influences, Political and social views, Ford, Henry, -- 1863-1947 -- Political and social views, Business & Investing -- Biography & History -- Company Profiles, History -- Americas -- South America -- Brazil, History -- Americas -- United States -- 20th Century, Nonfiction -- Automotive -- Industry, Ford, henry, 1863-1947, Brazil, civilization, Brazil, politics and government, Brazil, history, City planning, brazil, Plantations, Collectivités nouvelles, Histoire, Plantations d'arbres à caoutchouc, Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.), Städtebau, Automobilindustrie, Gummiindustrie

People

Henry Ford (1863-1947)

Places

Brazil, Fordlándia, Fordlândia (Brazil)

Times

20th century

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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
2010, Icon Books, Limited
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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
2010, Holt & Company, Henry
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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
Oct 01, 2010, Icon Books
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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
April 27, 2010, Picador
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Fordlandia: the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city
2009, Metropolitan Books
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Fordlandia: the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city
2009, Metropolitan Books
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
307.76/8098115
Library of Congress
F2651.F55 G72 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
416

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OL22691236M
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fordlandiarisefa00gran
ISBN 10
0805082360
ISBN 13
9780805082364
LCCN
2008049642
OCLC/WorldCat
276930372
Library Thing
8197445
Goodreads
6214108

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