Henry Ford: An Interpretation

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Wayne State University Press, Aug 14, 2007 - History - 248 pages
A reprint of the rare and controversial biography of Henry Ford, first published in 1923, written by Ford’s close associate.
 

Contents

An Interpretation
1
I The Ford Halo
4
II The Art of SelfAdvertising
15
III A Dream That Came True
25
IV The Ford Fortune
31
V Some Elements of Success
41
VI Mental Traits and Characteristics
49
VII Just Kids
58
XI The Ford Charities
104
XII The Ford Executive Scrap Heap
118
XIII The Ford Indebtedness
130
XIV Industrial Scavengers
139
XV Lights
147
XVI Shadows
160
XVII An Elusive Personality
168
XVIII Edsel Ford
179

VIII Behind a Chinese Wall
70
IX Henry Ford and the Church
80
X Henry Ford Dives Lazarus and Others
93
XIX The Son and His Fathers Shoes
188
Index
191
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About the author (2007)

Reverend Samuel S. Marquis was an Episcopalian minister who was also the head of Ford Motor Company’s Sociological Department from 1919–1921.David L. Lewis is professor of business at the University of Michigan, author of The Public Image of Henry Ford (Wayne State University Press, 1987), and co-author of The Car and the Camera (Wayne State University Press, 1996).

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