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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City Paperback - 2010

by Grandin, Greg

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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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  • Title Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
  • Author Grandin, Greg
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Condition New
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Picador, New York
  • Date 2010-04-27
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # OTF-S-9780312429621
  • ISBN 9780312429621 / 0312429622
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.9 in (20.83 x 13.72 x 2.29 cm)
  • Reading level 1440
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1920's
    • Chronological Period: 1930's
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Latin America
  • Library of Congress subjects Fordlandia (Brazil) - History, Planned communities - Brazil - History -
  • Dewey Decimal Code 307.768

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Citations

  • New York Times Book Review, 05/16/2010, Page 32

About the author

Greg Grandin is the author of The End of the Myth, which won the Pulitzer Prize, and Fordlandia, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. His widely acclaimed books also include The Last Colonial Massacre, Kissinger's Shadow, and The Empire of Necessity, which won the Bancroft and Beveridge awards in American history. He is Peter V. and C. Van Woodward Professor of History at Yale University.