In the Shadow of Detroit: Gordon M. McGregor, Ford of Canada, and Motoropolis Contributor(s): Roberts, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814332846 ISBN-13: 9780814332849 Publisher: Great Lakes Books Series OUR PRICE: $35.14 Product Type: Hardcover Published: March 2006 Annotation: Fills a gap in common understanding of the early automobile industry in the Windsor-Detroit international region. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - Transportation | Automotive - History - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2005028656 |
Series: Great Lakes Books (Hardcover) |
Physical Information: 1.01" H x 6.36" W x 9.38" (1.47 lbs) 336 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Part biography and part corporate history, In the Shadow of Detroit investigates the life and career of Gordon M. McGregor, who founded and led Ford of Canada during the first two decades of the twentieth century. With no automotive background, minimal technical expertise, and only a few years of experience in business, McGregor came to Ford in 1904 from a failing wagon-building firm. David Roberts draws from diverse public and private historical sources to chronicle McGregor's swift ascension to corporate leader, including how McGregor attached himself to Henry Ford's meteoric rise, achieved remarkable success, and became for a time Windsor's preeminent industrialist and civic leader. |
Contributor Bio(s): Roberts, David: - David Roberts is an editor with the Dictionary of Canadian Biography/Dictionnaire biographique du Canada at the University of Toronto. |