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Author Grandin, Greg, 1962- author

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

Publisher New York : Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt and Company, 2009

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LOCATION CALL NO. STATUS
 Maine State Lib. Stacks  OFFSITE 307.768 G753f 2009    AVAILABLE  
 UM Orono Stacks  F2651.F55 G72 2009    AVAILABLE  
Edition 1st edition
Phys Descr xii, 416 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-398) and index
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
Subject Fordlândia (Brazil) -- History
Planned communities -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century
Rubber plantations -- Brazil -- Fordlândia -- History -- 20th century
Ford Motor Company -- Influence -- History -- 20th century
Ford, Henry, 1863-1947 -- Political and social views
Brazil -- Civilization -- American influences -- History -- 20th century
OCLC # 276930372
ISBN # 9780805082364
0805082360
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