02-20-2017, 08:27 PM | #1 |
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Fordlandia
Interesting story.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/20/w...T.nav=top-news
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Reminds me of another settlement that floundered also in Brazil.....German.. built on the Nazi ideology after the war.
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02-20-2017, 11:09 PM | #3 |
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Re: Fordlandia
Have you read the book? Very interesting.
Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City https://www.amazon.com/Fordlandia-He...rds=Fordlandia Last edited by Y-Blockhead; 02-20-2017 at 11:32 PM. |
02-20-2017, 11:43 PM | #4 |
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Some more posts on the subject;
https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=19681 https://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=203056 One of these speaks to a youtube video.
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