Main entry:

Grandin, Greg, 1962- author.

Title & Author:

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

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

New York : Metropolitan Books ; Henry Holt and Company, 2009.
©2009

Description:

xii, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-398) and index.
Introduction : Nothing is wrong with anything -- pt. 1. Many things otherwise inexplicable. -- Under an American flag -- The cow must go -- Absolute Americanisms -- That's where we sure can get gold -- Fordville -- They will all die -- Everything Jake -- When Ford comes -- pt. 2. Lord Ford. -- Two rivers -- Smoke and ash -- Prophesied subjection -- The Ford way of thinking -- What would you give for a good job? -- Let's wander out yonder -- Kill all the Americans -- pt. 3. Rubber Rouge. -- American pastoral -- Good lines, straight and true -- Mountains of the moon -- Only God can grow a tree -- Standard practices -- Bonfire of the Caterpillars -- Fallen empire of rubber -- Tomorrow land -- Epilogue : Still waiting for Henry Ford.
National Book Award Finalist, Nonfiction, 2009
Pulitzer Prize Finalist in History, 2010
A 2010 Michigan Notable Books selection

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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ISBN:

9780805082364
0805082360
9780312429621 (paperback)
0312429622

Subject:

Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 Political and social views.
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947
Ford Motor Company Influence History 20th century.
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company Influence History.
Planned communities Brazil History 20th century.
Rubber plantations Brazil Fordlândia 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
Planned communities Brazil History.
Plantations Fordl©Øndia (Brazil) History.
Fordlândia (Brazil) History.
Brazil Civilization American influences History 20th century.
Brazil
Brazil Fordlândia
Fordlândia
Fordlândia (Brasilien)
Fordl©Øndia (Brazil) History.
Brazil Civilization History.

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 307377
Call No.: BIB 252866
Status: Available