Includes bibliographical references (p. [373]-398) and index.
Contents:
Introduction : Nothing is wrong with anything -- pt. 1. Many things otherwise inexplicable. -- Under an American flag -- The cow must go -- Absolute Americanisms -- That's where we sure can get gold -- Fordville -- They will all die -- Everything Jake -- When Ford comes -- pt. 2. Lord Ford. -- Two rivers -- Smoke and ash -- Prophesied subjection -- The Ford way of thinking -- What would you give for a good job? -- Let's wander out yonder -- Kill all the Americans -- pt. 3. Rubber Rouge. -- American pastoral -- Good lines, straight and true -- Mountains of the moon -- Only God can grow a tree -- Standard practices -- Bonfire of the Caterpillars -- Fallen empire of rubber -- Tomorrow land -- Epilogue : Still waiting for Henry Ford.
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.
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