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Henry and Edsel: The Creation of the Ford Empire

By: Richard Bak | Book details

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Index
Aerocar Company, 53
African American employees, 72, 121, 196
agitators, 193–94
Aircraft Division, 178–80
alcohol, Fords' consumption of, 8, 129, 287, 288
“America fever,” 2
American Federation of Labor (AFL), 229, 247
American Jewish Committee, 149
Anderson, John W., 48, 53, 107
anti-Semitism, 141–53
“Arrow,” 45, 52
assembly lines, 61, 73–76, 93, 179, 195
Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, 26
Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers (ALAM), 65–67
Autobahn, 151
automobile industry, 19–22, 30–31, 190
automobiles
costs of, 37
development of, 19–21
negative impact of, 62–63, 180–81
production of, 61–62, 63, 73–75
racing of, 21, 38–39, 42–44, 45–46, 51–52
Avery, Clarence, 74
aviation, 172–80
Bachus, Jim, 163, 214
Bacon, Irving, 27–28, 120, 121, 144
banking crisis of 1933, 212–14
Bardelli, Al, 159, 245
Barthel, Oliver, 23, 43
batteries, electric, 20
Battle of the Overpass, 224–28, 231–32, 234–37
Bell, David, 28
Beltaire, Mark, 154
Bennett, Charles, 48, 53
Bennett, Harry, 142–43, 154–64
and Battle of the Overpass, 227–28, 234, 235
and Bugas, 267–68, 269–71
and Edsel, 171, 200, 229–30, 258
firing of, 271
and Henry's will, 269–70
and Hunger March massacre, 200–202
and Kefauver Commission, 288
and Liebold, 262
sexual behavior of, 129
and Sorenson, 113, 255, 262–63
and unions, 222, 228–29, 244–45, 248–49
Benz, Karl, 19
bicycles, 18–19
“Big Three,” 190, 215
Bishop, Jim, 23, 24
blacklist, 193–94
“Black Tuesday,” 188
blast furnace, world's largest, 107
bomb, robot airplane, 93
bombers, 252–53, 255
brakes, hydraulic, 215
Breech, Ernest, 285
Brisbane, Arthur, 150, 155
Brooks, Harry, 178
Brown, George, 132–33
Bryant, Clara Jane. See Ford, Clara Jane Bryant
Bugas, John S., 267, 269–70, 271, 288–89

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