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100 1  Hager, Thomas,|eauthor. 
245 10 Electric City :|bthe lost history of Ford and Edison's 
       American utopia /|cThomas Hager. 
246 30 Lost history of Ford and Edison's American utopia 
264  1 New York :|bAbrams Press,|c2021. 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    296 pages :|billustrations ;|c23 cm. 
336    text|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|2rdamedia 
338    volume|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-288) and 
       index. 
505 0  Part I. Muscle Shoals. Where the river sings -- The Wonder
       City at war -- Uncle Henry -- $8 a second -- Camping with 
       the presidents -- 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 -- Part III. TVA. The Alabama ghost -- 
       A new deal -- "I'm goin' to die for the government' -- 
       Electric nation -- A sign in the sky 
520    "During the roaring twenties, Henry Ford and Thomas Edison,
       two of the most revered and influential men in America, 
       proposed to transform one of the country's poorest regions
       into a shining metropolitan paradise. It would be a new 
       kind of city, with giant factories and small farms 
       stretching for miles. Powered by renewable energy, their 
       'Detroit of the South' would be ten times the size of 
       Manhattan, and it would reshape American society, 
       introducing mass commuting by car, and be paid for with a 
       new kind of currency call 'energy dollars.' The whole 
       audacious scheme almost came off with southerners rallying
       to support what became known as the Ford plan and many 
       pushing for the car magnate to run for president. But 
       while some saw it as a way to conjure the future and 
       reinvent the South, others saw it as one of the most 
       brazen land grabs of all time. Both were 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: one 
       of the greatest achievements of the New Deal."--book 
       jacket. 
600 10 Ford, Henry,|d1863-1947. 
600 10 Edison, Thomas A.|q(Thomas Alva),|d1847-1931. 
650  0 Cities and towns|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 
650  0 City planning|zUnited States|xHistory|y20th century. 
651  0 Muscle Shoals (Ala.)|xHistory|y20th century. 
651  0 Tennessee River Valley|xHistory|y20th century.