Cover of Fordlandia

Book 2010

Fordlandia

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Publisher
Icon Books, Limited
Language
English
Published
2010
  • History
  • Ford Motor Company
  • Rubber plantations
  • Civilization
  • Planned communities
  • Influence
  • American influences
  • Political and social views

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.