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245 10 a| Fordlandia :b| the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city /c| Greg Grandin.;

250 a| 1st ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Metropolitan Books,c| 2009.;

300 a| xii, 416 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 25 cm;

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338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-398) and index.;

505 0 a| Introduction : nothing is wrong with anything -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.;

520 a| 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.;

600 10 a| Ford, Henry,d| 1863-1947x| Political and social views.=| ^A16893;

651 0 a| Fordlândia (Brazil)x| History.=| ^A1008900;

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

Author/creator	Grandin, Greg, 1962-
Format	Book
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Metropolitan Books, 2009.
Description	xii, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Supplemental Content	Sample text
Subjects	Ford, Henry, 1863-1947--Political and social views. Ford Motor Company--Influence. --History. --20th century. Planned communities--Brazil. --History. --20th century. Rubber plantations--Brazil. --Fordlândia. --History. --20th century. Fordlândia (Brazil)--History. Brazil--Civilization. --American influences. --History. --20th century.

Contents	Introduction : nothing is wrong with anything -- 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 -- 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 -- 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.
Abstract	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-398) and index.
LCCN	2008049642
ISBN	9780805082364
ISBN	0805082360

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