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

Greg Grandin

ISBN 10: 0805082360 / ISBN 13: 9780805082364

Editore: Metropolitan Books, 2009

Befriedigend/Good: Durchschnittlich erhaltenes Buch bzw. Schutzumschlag mit Gebrauchsspuren, aber vollständigen Seiten. / Describes the average WORN book or dust jacket that has all the pages present. Codice articolo M00805082360-G

Riassunto:

This never-before-told story of the auto magnate's attempt to recreate small-town America, along with a rubber plantation, in the heart of the Amazon details the epic clash between Ford and the jungle and its inhabitants, as the tycoon attempted to force his will on the natural world. By the award-winning author of The Blood of Guatemala. 40,000 first printing.

Informazioni sull'autore: Greg Grandin is the author of Fordlandia, Empire's Workshop, The Last Colonial Massacre, and the award-winning The Blood of Guatemala. An associate professor of Latin American history at New York University, and a Guggenheim fellow, Grandin has served on the United Nations Truth Commission investigating the Guatemalan Civil War and has written for the Los Angeles Times, The Nation, The New Statesman, and The New York Times.

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Titolo: Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry ...
Casa editrice: Metropolitan Books
Data di pubblicazione: 2009
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: good