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This 9 page paper explores Ragtime and racist themes. Henry Ford as a character is highlighted. Fordism is discussed. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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profits of the autos he sold and use it on himself, he invested it into a company that could produce lower priced car models ("Henry Ford Changes the World, 1908").
Of course, this was good for Henry Ford and his workers. Ford Motors ended up selling more cars and would also steadily increase the companys earnings ("Henry Ford Changes
the World, 1908"). This transformed the way that the automobile was viewed as it went from a luxury item to an average product that was seen everywhere in American
society ("Henry Ford Changes the World, 1908"). In part, Ford changed the world not by making a luxury item affordable to the masses-although that did affect the world socially-but also
due to the fact that he created a better way to manufacture items in general. It was the development of the assembly line that allowed him to produce a lot
of cars ("Henry Ford Changes the World, 1908"). Henry Ford, in creating the assembly line, truly contributed to the new industrial economy. According to a student writing on this subject,
Ford used a scientific manner of management and increased production, something that made products affordable to the average American citizen. Fords contribution to society is well known and many
see this as admirable. Yet, there are some critics. Not everyone agrees that capitalism is the best form of government. Industrialization seems to be the epitome of capitalism. Under this
paradigm, the business owners own the means of production and pay the workers only the smallest amount that they possible can. In effect, they pay what they can get away
with. Fordism may be viewed as a type of industrialization that was created by Henry Ford but while it was a wonderful contribution to society at first, it was something
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