Fordlândia (company town)
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Fordlândia (company town) was a planned industrial settlement in the Brazilian Amazon established by the Ford Motor Company in the late 1920s to secure a rubber supply, now known as a failed experiment in corporate-led colonization and urban planning.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fordlândia | 0 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
company town
ⓘ
former company town ⓘ planned industrial settlement ⓘ |
| abandonedAsMajorProject | mid-1940s ⓘ |
| constructionBegan | 1928 ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| currentUse | small rural community ⓘ |
| developedBy | Ford Motor Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| endDate | 1945 ⓘ |
| establishedInPeriod | late 1920s ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Henry Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governedAs | company town ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
American-style houses
ⓘ
church ⓘ cinema ⓘ company store ⓘ dining hall ⓘ golf course ⓘ hospital ⓘ power plant ⓘ sawmill ⓘ school ⓘ water tower ⓘ |
| hasIndustry |
latex processing
ⓘ
rubber plantation ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | semi-abandoned historical site ⓘ |
| knownFor |
cultural clashes between American managers and Brazilian workers
ⓘ
environmental mismanagement of rubber trees ⓘ failed experiment in corporate-led colonization ⓘ failed experiment in urban planning ⓘ labor unrest ⓘ unsuccessful rubber production project ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
English
ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brazilian Amazon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
state of Pará NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Tapajós River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Henry Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| planningModel | American small-town model ⓘ |
| populationPeakApprox | 3000 ⓘ |
| purpose |
produce natural rubber for automobile tires
ⓘ
secure rubber supply for Ford Motor Company ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Belterra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rubberTreesAffectedBy | leaf blight ⓘ |
| rubberTreesAffectedBy | pests ⓘ |
| startDate | 1928 ⓘ |
| timeZone | BRT ⓘ |
| topicOf |
books about corporate utopias
ⓘ
documentaries about Henry Ford’s Amazon project ⓘ |
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