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Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle Cityby Greg Grandin

✍ Scribed by Review by: José Drummond

Book ID
124374151
Publisher
Duke University Press
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
259 KB
Volume
15
Category
Article
ISSN
1084-5453

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