G377 Book Review of The New Men by Jon Enfield
Name of Book: The New Men Author: Jon Enfield ISBN: 9781938757129 Publisher: Wayzgoose Press Type of book: Detroit Michigan, Italy, immigration, 'new men', Henry Ford, 1900s-1920s, race relations, Judaism, family, support, Sociological department, Five Dollar Days, cars, WWI, "Polar Bears", Russia Archangel Year it was published: 2014 Summary: "For us, the new man, he is one of two things. First, he is the new worker, a man we instruct and investigate until his probation is complete. But also he is an idea. In the foundry, they make parts. On the line, they make autos. But in Sociological, we make men." Tony Grams comes to America at the start of the twentieth century, set on becoming a new man. Driven to leave poverty behind, he lands a job at the Ford Motor Company that puts him at the center of a daring social and economic experiment. The new century and the new auto industry are bursting with promise, and everyone wants Henry Ford’s...