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==History==
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{{newreview
|author=Greg Grandin
|title=Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City
|rating=4.5
|genre=History
|summary=In 1927, the Ford Motor company bought a huge tract of land in Brazil, for the purpose of the company growing its own rubber for use in making its cars. They planted rubber trees and built a factory and houses, and a number of top managers from the company were posted to Fordlandia to run the operation. Huge amounts of money were pumped into Fordlandia, and Ford made great claims for their plans. However, the project was a spectacular failure, and it lasted less than twenty years.
|amazonuk=<amazonuk>1848311478</amazonuk>
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{{newreview
|author=Dominique Lapierre
