Fordlandia

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

Chronicles Henry Ford's attempts to create an American settlement in the Brazilian Amazon in the late 1920s, discussing the purpose of Ford's settlement, its impact on the region's ecosystem, his efforts to apply a system of regimented mass production to the area, and other related topics.

Picador/Metropolitan Books/Holt
2010
9780312429621
book
Lexile: 
1 440
Non-Conforming

Holdings

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