Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City Greg Grandin
Publisher: Picador

When Henry Ford announced in 1927 that his company had acquired a land grant . At Fordlandia in Brazil, Ford built an entire town in the jungle which recreated a vision of Americana that was slipping out of his grasp at home. Fordlandia Rubber trees grow wild in the Amazon rainforest and at the beginning of the automobile industry the world's rubber trade was completely reliant on the Amazon jungle. Entitled Fordlandia, it will largely be based off of the book, Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City by Greg Gandin. The book Bulldozers Come First indicated the radio station was located in the Ford Administrative offices there surrounded by a park. Lowest Price $7.49, Rating: 3.8, 66 Reviews. ISBN13: 9780312429621Condition: NEWNotes: Brand New from Publisher. (He'd previously been tagged to write the script for “Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City,” based on Greg Grandin's 2009 nonfiction tome). Whether you are looking for a great holiday book gift or you just enjoy history, Greg Grandin's “Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City” is a great book to add to your library or gift list. Greg Grandin, a professor of history at New York University, is the author, most recently, of Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City. Ford didn't check to see if the plantation was suitable for growing rubber. But Fordism contained the seeds of its own unravelling. Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City. His forthcoming book is Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City. ENGLISH review on The Guardian – FRANÇAIS Un article actuellement dans Books Magazine Utopie “Ci-gît le village modèle de Henry Ford”. New book is coming out about this called 'Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City.' The book claims it was more social aspects that led Ford to create the jungle city than the economic ones. Product DescriptionFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle. Review Hugo Chavez on author's previous book: 'What is happening today in Latin America? Ford's early success in imposing time clocks and square dances on the jungle soon collapsed, as indigenous workers, rejecting his midwestern Puritanism, turned the place into a ribald tropical boomtown. Grandin is the author of numerous prize-winning books, including Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City (Metropolitan 2009).