American Pastoralism

where everything would be perfect, industrialized and modern. He built this place in Brazil, but he never visited it. Ford was considered in Brazil as the “Jesus Christ of industry,” The thesis of the book was clear and helped me to understand the book.

Henry Ford had only a modest education. He didn’t invent the gasoline engine; he didn’t invent the auto mobile; he didn’t really invent anything. Yet, when he died in 1947, Ford, and the company he founded had a profound effect on the world he taught to drive. Given all that he had accomplished, it’s hard to believe Henry Ford was almost 40 when he established the Ford Motor Company. At the time America was more agricultural than industrial. Horse-less carriages were toys for a wealthy few. But in just four decades, Henry Ford had in his own words, “invented the modern age”.

This last week in Professor Acebedo-Gonzalez’s class we read Chapter 1 in The Wilding of America: Money, Mayhem and the New American Dream. In the beginning of Chapter 1, Charles Derber gives us a clear idea of what “wilding” is and the different types of wilding that exist today. According to the book, wilding is “self-interested or self-indulgent behavior that hurts others and weakens the social fabric” (Derber, p.11). Also described in the book are four types of wilding: expressive, instrumental, incipient, and petty wilding. Derber however, focuses on one and is concerned with one in particular: instrumental wilding. It’s the type of wilding in which is most connected with Americans and the American Dream, and no one realizes what effect it can have on each other (Derber, p.7). Throughout the chapter, Derber provides stories as examples for each type of wilding that supports the definitions. On page 7 he states, “A wilding epidemic tears at the social fabric and threatens to unravel society itself, ultimately reflecting the erosion of the

Henry Ford decided to take the risk of pursuing his dream of machines when he left the family farm in 1879 to work at a car company in Michigan. He believed he had more of an interest in machines than he did in farming, but his father thought differently. Ford’s father wanted him to follow his footsteps on the farm, but unfortunately, it did not turn out in his

Henry Ford revolutionized the American automotive industry and forever changed transportation. Born on the morning of July 30, 1863 in a patch of Michigan woods, Henry Ford matured into the founder of the Ford Motor Co. that made the Ford name famous. The Ford Motor Co. would develop American automotive icons that continue to make a lasting impression.

"The Frontier in American History" was one of the most famous essays by Frederick Turner in the nineteenth century. In this essay, Turner expressed his thoughts about how the frontier set up and created unique American characteristics. He explained the idea of American exceptionalism, which states that America is different than other nations in the world. The development of America included many significant events, and our nation 's identity was made up by many factors, not just only the frontier. Nowadays, the America defines itself as a large and powerful country in the world. We are all proud to be an American. Thus, the stress on a distinct national identity is appropriate within an increasingly diverse nation-state and an ever globalizing world.

Ford was raised on a small farm ran by his father outside of Detroit (Mitchell,1). As a child Henry was very interested in machinery. He always wanted a simpler way to do everything. “His Father would go to town and ask the children what they wanted. Henry's brother and sister would ask for candy but henry always asked for clock wheels.”

Horses were introduced to the southern plains Indians by the Spanish who settled in New Mexico. The Jumanos, a tribe that occupied the Texan plains, acquired horses through trade even before the Spanish settled in New Mexico. The Jumanos’ long time rivals, the Apaches, became skillful raiders and riders by the 1650s.These cultures were able to quickly adapt to equestrianism because of the compatibility of horses with the environment of the Southern Plains. The region provided a lot of grass, the main food staple of horses. Horses helped the Indians with buffalo hunts and nomadism. Both the Jumanos and Apaches were easily able to incorporate horses into their societies, but their horse cultures did not last. The Apaches used their newfound power to obliterate the Jumanos. Shortly after this, a new tribe came down from the Arkansas Valley called the Comanches that had a specialized mounted hunting system.The Comanches invaded the grasslands and rapidly became equestrian, mastering mounted nomadism, hunting, and warfare within a generation. The Comanches started a guerrilla war with the Apaches over grassland for their herds, and by 1760, the Apaches were wiped from the Southern Plains.

Throughout the 1900's one predominant narrative permeated and dominated the curricula of American history, as well as the narrative of the American West, throughout our entire educational system. This can be encapsulated and succinctly summarized by Fredrick Jackson Turner during his Frontier Thesis at the World's Columbian Exposition. Turner elaborated during the World Fair that,  " Up to our own day American history has been in a large degree the history of the colonization of the Great West. The existence of an area of free land, its continuous recession, and the advance of American settlement westward, explain American development." (Turner, 1893) Concomitant to this was  the pervasiveness of  the romantic ideal of the American West throughout the United States. For many Americans the westward expansion of the United States was a period of "rugged American ingenuity/individualism" as well as the inexorable stream of American progress, and the expansion of "Western Civilization" against the barren and "barbaric west".

In Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City written by Greg Grandin is a book that talks about Henry Ford also known as the creator of Ford automobiles. This book talks about both the successes of Henry Ford and also his failures in Brazil, and also how he changes the style of Brazilians in this book as the whole story progresses gradually. Ford would arrive to the Amazonian and build a land and call it Fordlandia which would be used to make latex to keep Detroit Michigan strong and ford would hire native workers to help him grow Fordlandia. Culture plays a big part in this book from beginning to end basically since Ford arrived in Brazil all the way to Fords failure and how he changed the culture of poor Amazonian Indians. Grandin talks about how Ford changed the culture of the Amazonia workers, also how ford was forcing the

When attempting to answer the question, I would first start to search through the archives to find the information that addresses my question I plan to break it into the three categories of Ford’s influence on the the local community, the economy, and the technology. In these categories I can break them up in the many different sub-categories as well.

Galeano portrays this moment in Latin American history as the instant U.S investors took control over the industries. He details the dangers they went through when producing one item to export for the benefit of foreigners, and how they later imported the processed goods from those same foreign countries, injecting money only overseas. The fact that Latin America needed imports to survive initiated the imperial link the U.S has upon it. As stated by Galeano, “The growing dependence on foreign supplies produces the growing identification of the interest of U.S. capitalists operating in Latin America with U.S. national security”11, bluntly showing the relationship between the United States and Latin America. “With petroleum, as with coffee or meat, rich countries profit more from the work of consuming it than do poor countries from the work of producing it”12. Because profit was not being retained in the Latin American countries, nationalization of the industries became of importance. The United States offered intervention in order to protect everyone’s interests with the proposal of free trade, but this was no more than another manipulation to continue having power over Latin America and its resources: “Latin America’s big ports, through which the wealth of its soil and subsoil passed en route to distant centers of power, were being built as instruments of the conquest and domination of the countries to which they belonged, and as conduits

Henry Ford revolutionized the way people traveled throughout the nation of the United States. A short time after the first model T rolled off of the assembly line, Mr. Ford found the need to create a vehicle that would ease the burden of caring for the horses that pulled the wagons and saved time for his fellow workers. The model T pickup was born! No more horses to care for, no more strapping the carriage to the horse, and defiantly no more poop to scoop. How did Mr. Ford create so much value for the people? By recognizing there was a need to take care of, a want to fulfill, and a demand to meet.

Henry Ford was the world’s most influential leader. From founding one of the worlds most successful car companies, to having a major influence on WWI, he has profoundly shaped the 20th century and left an impact on every single one of our lives. Although Mr. Ford is considered one of the wealthiest and most commonly known people in the world, Ford was founded by his hard work and dedication to supply a perfect product. At one point half the cars on the road worldwide were his famous model-t. As the company expanded he slowly began to make Ford more independent, such as purchasing acres of land for wood, purchasing land for rubber trees, and even having his own line of specialty glass blowers. Mr. Ford strived to give his customers the best deal possible, constantly finding ways do drop the price of his cars so they could be available to all. He has risen the standards not only in business but in the innovative world as well. Overall it is safe to say Henry Ford embodies success and has given the American Dream a new definition, he has truly inspired us all.

A man that went by the name of Henry Ford, once said, “I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work…” The Ford Motor Company is an American continental automobile maker founded by Henry Ford on June 16, 1903. During the 1920s, this firm marketed automobiles that were reliable, low-cost, easy-to-operate and easier-to-fix device for the masses (Rise of the Automobile). In addition, the Ford Motor Company led the world into the expansion and refinement of the assembly line; revolutionizing our society to greater heights through its mobile products. Meanwhile, the company’s contributions benefited society through the means of the renovation of the suburbs and the invention of new services. Like no other during the 1920s, the Ford Motor Company supplied to the boom of innovations; marking its footprint to a superior society.