Beyond the Model T
Subtitle: the other ventures of Henry Ford
By: Ford R. Bryan.
Edition: Rev. ed.
Series: [Great lakes books]
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Detroit, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Ford, Henry, 1863-1947.; Businessmen -- United States -- Biography.; Industrialists -- United States -- Biography.; Millionaires -- United States -- Biography.; Philanthropists -- United States -- Biography.
Description: An enthusiastic and courageous entrepreneur, Henry Ford used profits from the Model T to launch projects in a multitude of areas, from education to rubber production. Ford R. Bryan presents an unknown Henry Ford, focusing on his experimental humanitarian and business enterprises - including those that failed.

New to this edition are chronicles of factory and general hospitals, nursing schools and services, health clinics, and a research institute established by Henry Ford, and the more than a dozen commissaries Ford operated, selling a wide assortment of items to Ford employees and their families from pillow cases to children's shoes.

These accounts give testimony to Ford's investment in the well-being of the working class, a category in which he included himself despite his wealth, and disclose his dreams for a country upon which he undeniably left his mark.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series statement taken from page opposite page opposite title page.