Henri Ford - Le parcours d'un visionnaire
We know the essential role of Henry Ford (1863-1947) in the democratic globalization of the automobile. In 1920, no less than 55% of the cars built in the world were Fords.
Since then, impressive figures have followed one another; when it celebrated its centenary in 2003, the company had already manufactured 300 000 000 automobiles, and the Ford Type F launched in 1948, still in production today, alone totals 32 000 000 units.
But we too often ignore the other activities, well ahead of his time, of this pioneer with an atypical and iconoclastic personality in other fields related or not to the automobile, and this is the main idea of this book.
Chapters:
1 - Henry Ford
2 - Edsel Ford (his son, president of the company since 1919)
3 - The men of the team
4 - On the water too (production of warships in series)
5 - The research work (mechanical file)
6 - The "vagabonds" (Henry and his very famous friends, including the President of the United States, go camping in the forests)
7 - The new trends (styling)
8 - Henry the "Show-Man" (the pavilions of the International Fairs)
9 - Henry Ford the aircraft manufacturer
10 - Workshops in the countryside
11 - The Ford factories
12 - Henry knows music and...dance!
13 - The Ford made of...soy plastic
Detalle del libro
| Autor: | Patrick Lesueur |
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| Presentación: | 192 páginas, 29 x 24 cm, tapa dura |
| Ilustración: | 350 fotos en b/n y color |
| Idioma: | Francés |
| Editorial: | ETAI (F, 2014) |
| ISBN: | 9782726897737 |
