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020			_a1419752987
020			_a9781419752988
035			_a(OCoLC)1262966113
092			_a976.1915 _bH144
049			_aNFGA
100	1		_aHager, Thomas, _eauthor. _9100830
245	1	0	_aElectric City : _bthe lost history of Ford and Edison's American utopia / _cThomas Hager.
264		1	_aNew York : _bAbrams Press, _c2022.
264		4	_c©2021
300			_a296 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aMuscle Shoals. Where the river sings -- The wonder city at war -- Uncle Henry -- $8 a second -- Camping with the president -- Politics and public relations -- The twin wizards -- Roadblock -- President Henry Ford -- Boomtown. Swampland and whiskey -- A party of one -- The 75-mile city -- Gutters of political filth -- The last meeting -- Scandal -- TVA. The Alabama ghost -- A new deal -- "I'm going' to die for the government" -- Electric nation -- A sign in the sky.
520			_aDuring the roaring twenties, two of the most revered and influential men in American business proposed to transform one of the country's poorest regions into a dream technological metropolis, a shining paradise of small farms, giant factories, and sparkling laboratories. Henry Ford and Thomas Edison's "Detroit of the South" would be ten times the size of Manhattan, powered by renewable energy, and free of air pollution. And it would reshape American society, introducing mass commuting by car, use a new kind of currency called "energy dollars," and have the added benefit (from Ford and Edison's view) of crippling the growth of socialism. The whole audacious scheme almost came off, with Southerners rallying to support what became known as the Ford Plan. But while some saw it as a way to conjure the future and reinvent the South, others saw it as one of the biggest land swindles of all time. They were all true. Electric City is a rich chronicle of the time and the social backdrop, and offers a fresh look at the lives of the two men who almost saw the project to fruition, the forces that came to oppose them, and what rose in its stead: a new kind of public corporation called the Tennessee Valley Authority, one of the greatest achievements of the New Deal. This is a history for a wide audience, including readers interested in American history, technology, politics, and the future.
600	1	0	_aFord, Henry, _d1863-1947. _929250
600	1	0	_aEdison, Thomas A. _q(Thomas Alva), _d1847-1931. _912245
610	2	0	_aTennessee Valley Authority _xHistory.
650		0	_aCities and towns _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century.
650		0	_aCity planning _zUnited States _xHistory _y20th century. _9249535
651		0	_aMuscle Shoals (Ala.) _xHistory _y20th century.
651		0	_aTennessee River Valley _xHistory _y20th century.
655		7	_aBiographies. _2lcgft _9870
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