Henry Ford's plan for the American suburb : Dearborn and Detroit /

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"Around Detroit, suburbanization was led by Henry Ford, who not only located a massive factory over the city's border in Dearborn, but also was the first industrialist to make the automobile a mass consumer item. So, suburbanization in the 1920s was spurred simultaneously by the migration...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Barrow, Heather B. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: DeKalb, Illinois : Northern Illinois University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Ford, Henry, > 1863-1947.
1900-1999
Fordism > United States > History > 20th century.
Automobile industry and trade > Social aspects > Michigan > History > 20th century.
Cities and towns > Michigan > Growth > History > 20th century.
Suburbs > Michigan > Dearborn > History > 20th century.
Suburbs > Michigan > Detroit > History > 20th century.
Fordisme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Automobiles > Industrie et commerce > Aspect social > Michigan > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Villes > Michigan > Croissance > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Banlieues > Michigan > Dearborn > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Banlieues > Michigan > Detroit > Histoire > 20e siècle.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > City Planning & Urban Development.
HISTORY > United States > 20th century.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > Midwest (IA, IL, IN, KS, MI, MN, MO, ND, NE, OH, SD, WI)
Automobile industry and trade > Social aspects.
Cities and towns > Growth.
Economic history.
Fordism.
Suburbs.
United States > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Dearborn (Mich.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Detroit (Mich.) > Economic conditions > 20th century.
États-Unis > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
Michigan.
Michigan > Dearborn.
Michigan > Detroit.
United States.
mass consumer, industrialists, suburbanization, American Dream, Fordism.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The urban plans of Henry Ford
  • Suburbs and the working class
  • The automobile and urban growth
  • Rising standards in the suburbs
  • The lives of automobile workers
  • The transformation of Fordism
  • Detroit metropolis after Henry Ford.

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