Henry Ford didn't just want to be a maker of cars — he wanted to be a maker of men. He thought he could perfect society by building model... Fordlandia: The Failure Of Ford's Jungle Utopia Henry Ford ...

Today it seems like the auto industry has no real ambition anymore. Yes, carmakers are trying to come up with different designs, powertrains, and cars that make you fall in love with them. But there’s ...

L-R: Water tower at Fordlandia in the Amazon Rainforest, Guto Colunga, Rogerio Gomes, Paula Richards Joel Auerbach/Getty Images; Courtesy Guto Colunga (Colunga & Richards) Lars Niki/Corbis via Getty ...

When Henry Ford bought up a Connecticut-sized chunk of land in the Amazon River basin in 1927, he wasn't just planning to build his own... 'Fordlandia': An Automaker's Failed Jungle Utopia Given GPS ...

He was a visionary and one of the most famous capitalists in all of history. He introduced the automobile to the world and created the modern day production line. By the time of his death in 1947 ...

“Fordlandia” is being written by Christopher Wilkinson, best known as the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind “Nixon.” Wilkinson’s other credits include “Pawn Sacrifice,” “Ali,” and “Miles Ahead.” ...

FORDLÂNDIA, Brazil — When he was a young man, Luiz Magno Ribeiro felt nothing but pride in his city. It was, he believed, the most miraculous town in Brazil, a place of many firsts. The first ...

The idea of North Americans going South to spark change and innovation is not really a new concept. Nearly 100 years ago, car-maker Henry Ford has a righteous vision to tame a portion of the Amazon ...

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A general view of one of the factory buildings in Fordlandia on July 5, 2017 in Aveiro, Brazil. American industrialist Henry Ford negotiated the rights to 2.5 million acres of land from the Brazilian ...

Henry Ford didn't just want to be a maker of cars — he wanted to be a maker of men. He thought he could perfect society by building model factories and pristine villages to go with them. And he was ...