Author

Publication

1997 - Wayne State University Press, Detroit, Mich, Michigan

Language

English

Word Count

58,000 words, Guess

Page Count

232 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL1007315M
  • ISBN-100814327044
  • OCLC Control Number35849051
  • Library of Congress Control Number96047199
  • LibraryThing8868015
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  • Goodreads4580434

Classifications

  • DDC338.7/6292/092
  • LCCHD9710.U52 F6627 1997

Description

An enthusiastic and courageous entrepreneur, Henry Ford used profits from the Model T to launch projects in a multitude of areas, from education to rubber production. Ford R. Bryan presents an unknown Henry Ford, focusing on his experimental humanitarian and business enterprises - including those that failed. New to this edition are chronicles of factory and general hospitals, nursing schools and services, health clinics, and a research institute established by Henry Ford, and the more than a dozen commissaries Ford operated, selling a wide assortment of items to Ford employees and their families from pillow cases to children's shoes. These accounts give testimony to Ford's investment in the well-being of the working class, a category in which he included himself despite his wealth, and disclose his dreams for a country upon which he undeniably left his mark.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • [Great lakes books]

Other Editions

  • Beyond the Model TWayne State University Press1997

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