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Record Nr.

UNINA9910812237103321

Autore

Marquis Samuel S. <1866-1948.>

Titolo

Henry Ford : an interpretation / / Samuel S. Marquis ; with an introduction by David L. Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, Mich., : Wayne State University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8143-3537-3

Edizione

[New ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (246 p.)

Collana

Great Lakes books

Disciplina

973.91092

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Soggetti

Industrialists - United States

Automobile industry and trade - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: Boston: Little, Brown, and Co., 1923.

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction to new edition / David L. Lewis -- Introduction to Henry Ford: an interpretation -- The Ford halo -- The art of self-advertising -- A dream that came true -- The Ford fortune -- Some elements of success -- Mental traits and characteristics -- "Just kids" -- Behind a Chinese wall -- Henry Ford and the church -- Henry Ford, Dives, Lazarus and others -- The Ford charities -- The Ford executive scrap heap -- The Ford indebtedness -- Industrial scavengers -- Lights -- Shadows -- An elusive personality -- Edsel Ford -- The son and his father's shoes.