Ford Motor Company

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The archetypal American mass-production company, and the subject of a deep literature on Henry Ford, the assembly line and repeated near-death turnarounds.

8 books

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  1. The ReckoningDavid Halberstam, 1986
  2. My Life and WorkHenry Ford, Samuel Crowther, 1922
  3. American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor CompanyBryce G. Hoffman, 2012

Books 8

The Reckoning
T1 The Reckoning
David Halberstam · 1986 · Ford against Nissan; the canonical account of postwar Detroit's decline.
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My Life and Work
T2 My Life and Work
Henry Ford, Samuel Crowther · 1922 · Insider account: Henry Ford's own manifesto on mass production.
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Ford: The Men and the Machine
T2 Ford: The Men and the Machine
Robert Lacey · 1986 · Full-dress dynastic history from Henry I through Henry II.
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Wheels for the World
T2 Wheels for the World
Douglas Brinkley · 2003 · Company-authorized centennial history with archive access.
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Paul Graham
The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the Amer
T2 The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century
Steven Watts · 2005 · Scholarly biography placing Ford in American cultural history.
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American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to
T3 American Icon: Alan Mulally and the Fight to Save Ford Motor Company
Bryce G. Hoffman · 2012 · The 2006-2010 turnaround told with close management access.
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Mohnish Pabrai
My Forty Years with Ford
T4 My Forty Years with Ford
Charles E. Sorensen · 1956
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Paul Graham
I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry
T4 I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford
Richard Snow
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Mohnish Pabrai