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HOSTED THIS EVENT. IT IS AN HOUR. >> THANK YOU. IN 1927 AND RECORD, THE MAN WHO PERFECTED THE ASSEMBLY LINE AND PUT THE WORLD ON WHEELS, OBTAINED A LAND...
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AS DELAWARE OR CONNECTICUT BUT SOMETIMES TENNESSEE OR NORTH CAROLINA. THE STATED PURPOSE WAS TO GROW RUBBER. IT WAS THE 1920s. HENRY FORD WAS AT THE...
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1980s AND TALKS ABOUT FORDLANDIA AS OFTEN TIMES A LOT OF BOOK ON THE AMAZON LEECH IS OBLIGATORY TO MENTION THE STORY AS ONE IN A
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LONG PARADE OF ATTEMPT TO CONQUER AND DOMESTICATE THE AMAZON. I WAS ALWAYS STRUCK THAT THERE WASN'T A LARGER HISTORY OF IT. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE INTERESTING...
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A MUSEUM PIECE, THE AMERICAN TOWN, WHERE THE AMERICAN MANAGER
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LIVED, AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE OVER COME BY VINES. THEY IN TWINE, WRAPAROUND THE FIRE HYDRANTS, THE HOSPITAL HAS COLLAPSED IN ON ITSELF, THE INDUSTRIAL...
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THIS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT FORESHADOWED BUT DOES SPEAK TO A CERTAIN MOMENT AND DOES REVEAL A MOMENT IN WHICH THE U.S. AUTO INDUSTRY WAS NOT JUST THE...
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STATES'S HIGH-TECH, HIGH EXPORT ECONOMY BUT IT WAS THE MOTOR OF THE UNITED STATES'S SENSE OF ITSELF AND IN SOME WAYS THE HIGH POINT OF THAT ATTEMPT ...
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BIT ABOUT THAT AND WHAT HAPPENED WHEN FORDLANDIA CRUMBLED. >> THERE WAS A SOCIAL HIERARCHY AND SEGREGATION OF THE MIDWESTERN -- BUNGALOW SECTIONS,...
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IN TERMS OF THEIR COMFORT LEVEL. THERE WAS A VERY STRONG SOCIAL REGIMENTATION THAT WAS IMPOSED. NOT JUST FOR'S ECCENTRIC IDEAS ABOUT DIET AND HEALTH...
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LIFE. HE WAS A TYPICAL PERSON OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. HE BELIEVED IN REINCARNATION. HE DABBLED
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IN PHILOSOPHY AND OTHERS THINGS, ESOTERIC, SPIRITUAL BELIEFS. HE DIDN'T LIKE ORGANIZED RELIGION. A LITTLE HE DID LIKE ANY ORGANIZATION WHATSOEVER. HE...
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HE DEVELOPED A CERTAIN KIND OF CULTURAL CONSERVATISM,
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HE BEGAN TO ESPOUSE MORE RACIST AND ANTI-IMMIGRANT SENTIMENT THAN EARLIER ON. >> RESEARCHING THIS BOOK, DID YOU FIND EVEN WITH HIS VIEWS WHICH I ASSUME...
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BUSINESS LEADERS OR TITANS TALKING ABOUT WHY THEY ARE AGAINST THE IRAQ WAR? >> IN TERMS OF THE FIRST QUESTION, I DON'T KNOW IF I LIKED HIM BUT AS A...
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THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. WHY AREN'T THERE MORE OF THESE ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF IMAGININGS SOCIETY? IT HAS TO DO WITH THE MOMENT. THE EARLY TWENTIETH...
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LIKE MEGALOMANIAC LEADERS EXPLORE THIS UTOPIAN SOCIETY? >> THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT UTOPIAN -- IT IS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE AMAZON BASIN. THERE...
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SLOW IT DOWN AND ESTABLISHED -- ONE PARTICULAR EXAMPLE. IN TERMS OF THE GENDER DIVISION OF LABOR, IT WAS MOSTLY MEN. FORD WORKED IN TERMS OF THE FRONT...
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IN THE 19th CENTURY THE BRAZILIAN
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AMAZON PRIMARY SUPPLY SUPPLIED THE LATEX FOR THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION AND IT WAS BOUGHT BY EIGHT MOST DEBT PERMITTED FROM
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THE CHAIN GOING BACK TO THE PROCESS THAT I TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF WHY IT IS SPREAD OUT 1910 1/3 1912 WAS SORRY TAKEN OUT OF THE AMAZON AND THEN NOW...
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FOUND AND THE CONDITIONS THERE IF YOU CAN TALK ABOUT THAT. 1180 YEARS FROM THEM AND THEN IT SEEMS LIKE THE CONDITIONS WERE WORSE. >> YES. ONE OF THE FLEEING...
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HENRY FORD FREE MEDICAL ATTENTION FROM THE SCHOOLS, EVERYTHING ORGANIZED, AND I THINK THAT MISSILES AND LOGGING IS UNDERSTANDABLE CONSIDERING THE SERVICES...
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