330 - Fordlandia: Henry Ford's Failed Utopia (with Cass Paige)

Henry Ford is best known for founding the Ford Motor Company, but today we are talking about the time he decided to set up the "perfect" city in the middle of the Amazon in Brazil. What could go wrong? Everything....

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/aug/19/lost-cities-10-fordlandia-failure-henry-ford-amazon

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/world/americas/deep-in-brazils-amazon-exploring-the-ruins-of-fords-fantasyland.html?auth=login-email&login=email

https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/19/books/review/Macintyre-t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

https://www.damninteresting.com/the-ruins-of-fordlandia/

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105068620

https://www.amazon.com/Fordlandia-Henry-Fords-Forgotten-Jungle/dp/0312429622

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Motor_Company

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/henryford-antisemitism/

https://www.britannica.com/science/rubber-chemical-compound

https://www.al.com/living/2013/01/post_89.html

https://connecticuthistory.org/charles-goodyear-and-the-vulcanization-of-rubber/#:~:text=Even%20Goodyear's%20success%20was%20short,in%201860%2C%20%24200%2C000%20in%20debt.

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