Fordlandia : the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city
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New York : Picador, [2009].
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xiv, 416 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
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Published
New York : Picador, [2009].
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Book
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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"In 1927, Henry Ford, the richest man in the world, bought a tract of land twice the size of Delaware in the Brazilian Amazon. His intention was to grow rubber, but the project rapidly evolved into a more ambitious bid to export America itself. Fordlandia, as the settlement was called, soon became the site of an epic clash. On one side was the lean, austere car magnate; on the other, the Amazon, the most complex ecological system on the planet. Indigenous workers rejected Ford's midwestern Puritanism, turning the place into a ribald tropical boomtown. And his efforts to apply a system of regimented mass production to the Amazon's diversity resulted in a rash environmental assault that foreshadowed many of the threats laying waste to the rain forest today."--Publisher
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NC 1440,Lexile.
Awards
National Book Award Finalist, Nonfiction, 2009
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Grandin, G. (2009). Fordlandia: the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city . Picador.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Grandin, Greg, 1962-. 2009. Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City. Picador.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Grandin, Greg, 1962-. Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City Picador, 2009.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Grandin, Greg. Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City Picador, 2009.
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