· Fordlandia: Why Henry Ford’s Utopian City in the Jungle failed. This essay aims to explore why the now mostly derelict city of Fordlandia in Brazil was established by the American industrialist Henry Ford in the late s. Ford aimed to overturn the British monopoly of rubber production, but no Ford car ever used rubber from his ill-fated Estimated Reading Time: 9 mins. · Out of the Amazon jungle, Greg Grandin brings us an unforgettable tale about the tragic limitations of a capitalist utopia.” —Steve Fraser, author of Wall Street: America's Dream Palace “Greg Grandin's Fordlandia brings to light a fascinating but little known episode in the long history of Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company. The auto magnate's experiment with a vast rubber plantation in Edition description: First Edition. · English. Greg Grandin - Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City. The stunning, never before told story of the quixotic attempt to recreate small-town America in the heart of the Amazon. In , Henry Ford, the richest man in the world, bought a tract of land twice the size of Delaware in the Brazilian Amazon.
With "Fordlandia," Greg Grandin, a professor of history at New York University, tells a haunting story that falls squarely into this tradition: Henry Ford's failed endeavor to export Main. Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City, Environmental History, Volume 15, Issue 4 duration, and drive—never supplied more than a trifling amount of the rubber demanded by Ford's factories. However, Grandin addresses its many local environmental and. Fordlandia: The Rise And Fall Of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City|Greg Grandin, Commander Kellie and the Superkids Vol. 6: Mystery of the Missing Junk|Christopher P. N. Maselli, Edinburgh Review, Or Critical Journal, Volume |Sydney Smith, The Untold Story Of A Nigerian Royal Family: The Urhobo Ruling Clan Of Okpe Kingdom, |Joseph O Asagba.
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