My Life and Work
by Henry Ford
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One world's richest and best-known people in his day, Henry Ford was the founder of Ford Motor Company and a pioneering innovator of mass production. Ford's autobiography, My Life and Work, gives personal insight into the life of this prolific inventor and titan of industry. For the time, Ford awarded high wages to his workers despite his driving commitment towards reducing costs, which he did instead through the channels of business and technological innovation. Ford's vision held show more consumerism as a cornerstone of global peace and prosperity. In spite of not believing in accountants, Ford amassed an enormous wealth, most of which he left to the Ford Foundation.. show less
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1922
- People/Characters
- Henry Ford
- Important places
- Detroit, Michigan, USA
- First words
- We have only started on our development of our country--we have not as
yet, with all our talk of wonderful progress, done more than scratch the
surface. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)We
have only each of us to do our parts sincerely. - Publisher's editor
- Hodges, Marvin; Allen, Tom; Allen, Tonya; Eldred, Eric
Classifications
- Genres
- Biography & Memoir, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, History
- DDC/MDS
- 338.7 — Society, Government, and Culture Economics Production Business Enterprises
- LCC
- HD9710 .U54 .F58 — Social sciences Industries. Land use. Labor Industries. Land use. Labor Special industries and trades Mechanical industries
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- 318
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- Languages
- 9 — English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Turkish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 76
- ASINs
- 25
