The People's Tycoon

 

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Online sinds
28 mei 2018
EAN
9780375707254
Taal
Engels
Bindwijze
Paperback
Aantal pagina's
614 pagina's

Prijsvergelijk

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Omschrijving

How a Michigan farm boy became the richest man in America is a classic, almost mythic tale, but never before has Henry Ford's outsized genius been brought to life so vividly as it is in this engaging and superbly researched biography.

The real Henry Ford was a tangle of contradictions. He set off the consumer revolution by producing a car affordable to the masses, all the while lamenting the moral toll exacted by consumerism. He believed in giving his workers a living wage, though he was entirely opposed to union labor. He had a warm and loving relationship with his wife, but sired a son with another woman. A rabid anti-Semite, he nonetheless embraced African American workers in the era of Jim Crow.

Uncovering the man behind the myth, situating his achievements and their attendant controversies firmly within the context of early twentieth-century America, Watts has given us a comprehensive, illuminating, and fascinating biography of one of America's first mass-culture celebrities.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Categorie
Politiek (Tip! Bekijk de top 10)
Artikelnummer
2491526
Online sinds
28 mei 2018
EAN
9780375707254

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Taal
Engels
Bindwijze
Paperback
Aantal pagina's
614 pagina's

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Verschijningsdatum
oktober 2006