Inventors & Engineers · Industrial
Henry Ford: Engineering Mass Production
The Model T, the moving assembly line at Highland Park, the $5 day, vertical integration at River Rouge, and the dark side: antisemitism, union-busting and losing the market to GM.
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Prereqs: Industrial Revolution. Next: Toyota production system; Tesla & SpaceX. Sources: David Hounshell, *From the American System to Mass Production* (1984); Steven Watts, *The People's Tycoon* (2005).Next: 1. Mass production