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   Message 15,068 of 15,187   
   Jeffrey Rubard to Jeffrey Rubard   
   Re: Greg Grandin, "Fordlandia" (2009) (1   
   21 Feb 24 16:03:38   
   
   From: jeffreydanielrubard@gmail.com   
      
   On Wednesday, February 21, 2024 at 8:33:20 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:   
   > On Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at 8:41:38 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > On Sunday, February 18, 2024 at 9:03:07 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > On Saturday, February 17, 2024 at 8:45:40 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard   
   wrote:    
   > > > > On Friday, February 16, 2024 at 2:23:56 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard   
   wrote:    
   > > > > > On Friday, February 16, 2024 at 8:45:10 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard   
   wrote:    
   > > > > > > On Wednesday, February 14, 2024 at 8:33:58 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey   
   Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 13, 2024 at 8:32:27 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey   
   Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 1:47:16 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey   
   Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 9:00:18 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey   
   Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 1:04:51 PM UTC-8,   
   Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 9:14:42 AM UTC-8,   
   Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, February 9, 2024 at 12:57:04 PM UTC-8,   
   Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, February 9, 2024 at 8:46:59 AM UTC-8,   
   Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 12:09:22 PM   
   UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, February 8, 2024 at 8:26:34 AM   
   UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 9:05:42 AM   
   UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at 2:01:01 PM   
   UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, February 4, 2024 at   
   9:19:09 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, February 2, 2024 at   
   12:17:12 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wednesday, January 31, 2024 at   
   8:37:18 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, January 30, 2024 at   
   9:01:01 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, December 19, 2023 at   
   2:45:14 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, December 16, 2023   
   at 2:02:58 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, December 16, 2023   
   at 8:38:52 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Friday, December 15, 2023   
   at 8:24:35 AM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thursday, December 14,   
   2023 at 12:30:58 PM UTC-8, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, October 1,   
   2023 at 8:27:50 AM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, September   
   24, 2023 at 8:34:33 AM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday,   
   September 23, 2023 at 1:10:38 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sunday,   
   September 10, 2023 at 2:32:06 PM UTC-7, Jeffrey Rubard wrote:    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From Chapter 15:   
   "Kill All the Americans"    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It took   
   Dearborn's purchasing agents some effort to find a factory whistle that   
   wouldn't rust from the jungle humidity. Once they did, they shipped it to   
   Fordlandia, where it was perched on    
   top of the water tower, above the tall trees, giving it a seven-mile range.   
   The whistle was piercing enough not only to reach dispersed road gangs and   
   fieldhands but to be heard across the river, where even those not affiliated   
   with Fordlandia began to    
   pace their day to its regularly scheduled blows. The whistle was supplemented   
   by another icon of industrial factory work: pendulum punch time clocks, placed   
   at different locations around the plantation, that recorded exactly when each   
   employee began and    
   ended his workday.    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sponsor Message    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >    
   > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In Detroit,   
   immigrant workers by the time they got to Ford's factories, even if they were   
   peasants and shepherds, had had ample opportunity to adjust to the meter of   
   industrial life. The long    
   lines at Ellis Island, the clocks that hung on the walls of depots and waiting   
   rooms, the fairly precise schedules of ships and trains, and standardized time   
   that chopped the sun's daily arc into zones combined to guide their motions   
   and change their    
   inner sense of how the days passed.    
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