Henry Ford:
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2013
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| Schriftenreihe: | Lives and legacies
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| Beschreibung: | "Most great figures in American history reveal great contradictions, and Henry Ford is no exception. He championed his workers, offering unprecedented wages, yet crushed their attempts to organize. Virulently anti-Semitic, he never employed fewer than 3,000 Jews. An outspoken pacifist, he made millions producing war materials. He urbanized the modern world, and then tried to drag it back into a romanticized rural past he'd helped to destroy. As the American auto industry struggles to reinvent itself, Vincent Curcio's timely biography offers a wealth of new insight into the man who started it all. Henry Ford not only founded Ford Motor Company but institutionalized assembly line production and, some would argue, created the American middle class. By constantly improving his product and increasing sales, Ford was able to lower the price of the automobile until it became a universal commodity. He paid his workers so well that, for the first time in history, the people who manufactured a complex industrial product could own one. This was "Fordism"--social engineering on a vast scale. But, as Curcio displays, Ford's anti-Semitism would forever stain his reputation. Hitler admired him greatly, both for his anti-Semitism and his autocratic leadership, displaying Ford's picture in his bedroom and keeping a copy of Ford's My Life and Work by his bedside. Nevertheless, Ford's economic and social initiatives, as well as his deft handling of his public image, kept his popularity high among Americans. He offered good pay, good benefits, English language classes, and employment for those who struggled to find jobs--handicapped, African-American, and female workers. Such was his popularity that in 1923, the homespun, clean-living, xenophobic Henry Ford nearly won the Republican presidential nomination. This new volume in the Lives and Legacies series explores the full impact of Ford's indisputable greatness, the deep flaws that complicate his legacy, and what he means for our own time"-- Includes bibliographical references and index Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. Henry Ford -- How It All Began -- 2. Walking into the Future -- 3. Cooking with Gas -- 4. The Ford Motor Company -- 5. The Model T and the Coming of Mass Production -- 6. The Big Issues -- Peace and War -- Consolidating Power -- 7. Modern Times -- 8. Has Something Come Between Us? -- 9. Things he was Thinking About -- 10. Everything Old is New Again -- 11. Efflorescence and Hard Endings -- Conclusion |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 306 p.) |
| ISBN: | 0199717893 9780199717897 |
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| spelling | Curcio, Vincent Verfasser aut Henry Ford Vincent Curcio New York Oxford University Press 2013 1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 306 p.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Lives and legacies "Most great figures in American history reveal great contradictions, and Henry Ford is no exception. He championed his workers, offering unprecedented wages, yet crushed their attempts to organize. Virulently anti-Semitic, he never employed fewer than 3,000 Jews. An outspoken pacifist, he made millions producing war materials. He urbanized the modern world, and then tried to drag it back into a romanticized rural past he'd helped to destroy. As the American auto industry struggles to reinvent itself, Vincent Curcio's timely biography offers a wealth of new insight into the man who started it all. Henry Ford not only founded Ford Motor Company but institutionalized assembly line production and, some would argue, created the American middle class. By constantly improving his product and increasing sales, Ford was able to lower the price of the automobile until it became a universal commodity. He paid his workers so well that, for the first time in history, the people who manufactured a complex industrial product could own one. This was "Fordism"--social engineering on a vast scale. But, as Curcio displays, Ford's anti-Semitism would forever stain his reputation. Hitler admired him greatly, both for his anti-Semitism and his autocratic leadership, displaying Ford's picture in his bedroom and keeping a copy of Ford's My Life and Work by his bedside. Nevertheless, Ford's economic and social initiatives, as well as his deft handling of his public image, kept his popularity high among Americans. He offered good pay, good benefits, English language classes, and employment for those who struggled to find jobs--handicapped, African-American, and female workers. Such was his popularity that in 1923, the homespun, clean-living, xenophobic Henry Ford nearly won the Republican presidential nomination. This new volume in the Lives and Legacies series explores the full impact of Ford's indisputable greatness, the deep flaws that complicate his legacy, and what he means for our own time"-- Includes bibliographical references and index Machine generated contents note: -- Introduction -- 1. Henry Ford -- How It All Began -- 2. Walking into the Future -- 3. Cooking with Gas -- 4. The Ford Motor Company -- 5. The Model T and the Coming of Mass Production -- 6. The Big Issues -- Peace and War -- Consolidating Power -- 7. Modern Times -- 8. Has Something Come Between Us? -- 9. Things he was Thinking About -- 10. Everything Old is New Again -- 11. Efflorescence and Hard Endings -- Conclusion Ford, Henry / 1863-1947 Ford, Henry 1863-1947 (DE-588)118534300 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1900-1945 gnd rswk-swf HISTORY / United States / 20th Century bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Business bisacsh BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General bisacsh BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate & Business History bisacsh BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure bisacsh Geschichte Wirtschaft Industrialists / United States / Biography Automobile industry and trade / United States / History Fließfertigung (DE-588)4154634-9 gnd rswk-swf Kraftfahrzeugindustrie (DE-588)4032690-1 gnd rswk-swf Wirtschaft (DE-588)4066399-1 gnd rswk-swf USA United States / Biography USA (DE-588)4078704-7 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4006804-3 Biografie gnd-content Ford, Henry 1863-1947 (DE-588)118534300 p DE-604 USA (DE-588)4078704-7 g Wirtschaft (DE-588)4066399-1 s Fließfertigung (DE-588)4154634-9 s Kraftfahrzeugindustrie (DE-588)4032690-1 s Geschichte 1900-1945 z Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover 0-19-531692-4 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Hardcover 978-0-19-531692-6 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=551917 Verlag Volltext |
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