ALEXIS MADRIGAL

Senior editor at The Atlantic, author of the forthcoming book, Powering the Dream, @alexismadrigal, & UC Berkeley visiting scholar.

Out March 29 (Da Capo).

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February 3 2010

Workers clearing the jungle at Fordlandia, June 18, 1934. (via The Henry Ford)
“The plantations of Fordlandia and Belterra were two attempts by the Ford Motor Company from 1928-1945 to establish a permanent rubber plantation presence in Brazil.”

Workers clearing the jungle at Fordlandia, June 18, 1934. (via The Henry Ford)

“The plantations of Fordlandia and Belterra were two attempts by the Ford Motor Company from 1928-1945 to establish a permanent rubber plantation presence in Brazil.”