Contributor biographical information for Fordlandia : the rise and fall of Henry Ford's forgotten jungle city / Greg Grandin.


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Greg Grandin is the author of 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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Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Fordlãandia (Brazil) -- History.
Planned communities -- Brazil -- History -- 20th century.
Rubber plantations -- Brazil -- Fordlâandia -- History -- 20th century.
Ford Motor Company -- Influence -- History -- 20th century.
Ford, Henry, -- 1863-1947 -- Political and social views.
Brazil -- Civilization -- American influences -- History -- 20th century.