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Ford: The Times, the Man, the Company

Allan Nevins (with Frank Ernest Hill)

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Summary

The first volume of Allan Nevins and Frank Ernest Hill’s Ford history follows Henry Ford’s early life and the development of Ford Motor Company. Its chapters cover experiments with cars, racing, the company’s formation, the Model N and Model T, and the five-dollar day. The account connects Ford’s work with changes in transport, industry and the lives of workers.

  • SourceFord: The Times, The Man, The Company — licensed Fulcrum edition · Contents; Chapters III–XXI; bibliography headings
  • SourceFord — Internet Archive catalog · 1954 Scribner title, Nevins author and Henry Ford subject

Why read it Our view

Read it to place a company’s early choices in the setting that made them possible. The chapters on product development, growth and workers offer founders several views of the same business, rather than a story centered only on its most famous invention.

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    Nevins and Hill’s first Ford volume covers Henry Ford’s early life and the development of his company.
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