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Fordlândia ( Portuguese pronunciation: [fɔʁdʒiˈlɐ̃dʒjɐ], Ford-land) is a district and adjacent area of 14,268 square kilometres (5,509 sq mi) in the city of Aveiro, in the Brazilian state of Pará. It is located on the east banks of the Tapajós river roughly 300 kilometres (190 mi) south of the city of Santarém .
Jun 24, 2020 · Fordlândia: Henry Ford’s Forgotten Rubber Empire Deep in the Heart of the Amazon. By Morgan Dunn. Published June 24, 2020. In 1928, Henry Ford broke ground on Fordlândia, a rubber-producing town in Brazil that he hoped would supply his car factories and serve as a model industrial society. Instead, it devolved into a dystopia.
Jul 28, 2023 · Fordlândia, the Midwestern city that the pioneering automaker built in the middle of the Brazilian Amazon, has fallen into ruin.
Jun 6, 2009 · But for pretty much everyone else, it was a green hell of riot and blight. Author Greg Grandin tells the story in his new book, Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten...
From 1928-1945, the Ford Motor Company built the Fordlandia and Belterra plantations in an attempt to establish a permanent rubber plantation presence in Brazil.
Apr 27, 2010 · Fordlandia is that rare non-fiction written by an historian that is a great read. Author Greg Grandin takes the reader on a wonderful voyage down the Amazon as he uncovers a magical mystery escapade of Henry Ford.
Feb 20, 2017 · Ford, the automobile manufacturer who is considered a founder of American industrial mass-production methods, hatched his plan for Fordlândia in a bid to produce his own source of the...
Dec 16, 2019 · Fordlândia was built in 1928 by American industrialist Henry Ford. The famous automobile innovator had the daring idea to buy millions of acres of land from the Brazilian government and transform it into a rubber plantation, hoping it would serve as a source of the material for the Ford Motor Company back in the United States.
Feb 10, 2020 · The town, dubbed Fordlandia, was more than an industrial operation — it was Ford's attempt to establish a picturesque American society. Here's how Fordlandia was founded before falling apart.
Sep 14, 2016 · Ford’s idea: Create the world’s largest rubber plantation in the middle of the Amazon forest, which after all is the native habitat of rubber trees. The auto tycoon bought over six million ...
