Steven Watts
Autor de The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century
Sobre El Autor
Steven Watts is a professor of history at the University of Missouri.
Nota de desambiguación:
(eng) Please do not combine Steven Watts and Steven M. Watts. They are different authors.
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Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1952
- Género
- male
- Educación
- University of Missouri (PhD|History|1984)
- Ocupaciones
- historian
university professor emeritus - Organizaciones
- University of Missouri
- Aviso de desambiguación
- Please do not combine Steven Watts and Steven M. Watts. They are different authors.
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- Obras
- 8
- Miembros
- 462
- Popularidad
- #53,212
- Valoración
- 3.6
- Reseñas
- 7
- ISBNs
- 40
- Idiomas
- 3
Henry Ford is a dichotomy of a man who brought forth a new American Industrial Revolution while at the same time embracing a more old fashioned outlook on life. A man who often showed disdain for “book learning “ while at the same time embracing the need for education. A man who created a new system of consumerism and made commonplace the idea that every family should and would have an automobile, he perfected the assembly line for the manufacture of his beloved Model T while at the same time being wedded to an America centered on the farm.
Filled with anachronisms he loved technology but embraced a more traditional America. A progressive who wanted to raise the standard of living of his employees so the could take part in the new wave of consumerism while fighting the acceptance of unionization. A pacifist who ultimately allowed his company to be part of the World War II war effort. A man who did all he could to educate African Americans and help them participate and share in the American dream but also virulently Anti-Semitic and early on somewhat sympathetic to the Nazi movement and Hitler’s Germany.
He put more faith in others than his own son Edsel Ford in the running of the Ford Motor Company and as he grew older grew more autocratic and surrounded by sycophantic yes men.
A great American and 20th century industrialist filled with a multitude of weaknesses. A more complicated yet simple man will be hard to find. A fascinating book on a fascinating man which I would encourage those interested in Henry Ford to read.… (más)