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    <body><![CDATA[Never has the rise of industrialist De-troit seemed so elegantly retarded. Weirdest discovery: Greenfield Village was created, indirectly, as a result of Henry Ford needing another creative outlet after finding out he couldn't write op-ed pieces in his newspaper trashing the Jews anymore. I wonder i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45525855">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to read this for my HR labor law class, but found it rather interesting...of course if you love Henry Ford and consider him a great American Hero...don't read this.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I had to read this book for my History class during my sophomore year of college.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Got this from Seth. It tells the early history of the Ford Company and unions from the perspective of one family, which made the whole thing more compelling. It's a quick read, since it was designed to be accessible to the unionizing auto workers. ]]></body>
    
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