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A boycott of Ford products is currently in place. It was organized by the [[American Family Association]] due to an active promotion of homosexuality. Sales of Ford products have declined since the boycott began.<ref>http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/01/group_says_boycott_adding_to_f.php</ref><ref>http://www.boycottford.com/</ref>
A boycott of Ford products is currently in place. It was organized by the [[American Family Association]] due to an active promotion of homosexuality. Sales of Ford products have declined since the boycott began.<ref>http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/01/group_says_boycott_adding_to_f.php</ref><ref>http://www.boycottford.com/</ref>
==Bibliography==
* Bak, Richard. ''Henry and Edsel: The Creation of the Ford Empire'' (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/Henry-Edsel-Creation-Ford-Empire/dp/0471234877/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198975402&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Batchelor, Ray. ''Henry Ford: Mass Production, Modernism and Design'' (1994).
* Bonin, Huber et al. ''Ford, 1902-2003: The European History'' 2 vol Paris 2003. ISBN 2-914369-06-9 scholarly essays in English; reviewed in Len Holden, "Fording the Atlantic: Ford and Fordism in Europe" in ''Business History '' Volume 47, #1 Jan 2005 pp 122-127
* Brinkley, Douglas. "Prime Mover". ''American Heritage'' 2003 54(3): 44-53. on Model T
* Brinkley, Douglas G. ''Wheels for the World: Henry Ford, His Company, and a Century of Progress'' (2003) [http://www.amazon.com/Wheels-World-Company-Century-Progress/dp/B000BZ99PQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1198975451&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
* Ford, Henry and Samuel Crowther. ''[http://www.gutenberg.net/etext/7213 My Life and Work]'', (1922), autobiography
* Lewis, David I. ''The Public Image of Henry Ford: An American Folk Hero and His Company'' (1976), much broader than title suggests
* Nevins, Allan and Frank Ernest Hill. ''Ford: The Times, The Man, The Company'' (vol 1, 1954); ''Ford: Expansion and Challenge, 1915-1933'' (1957); ''Ford: Decline and Rebirth, 1933-1962'' (1962), the standard history of the company and biography of Ford; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.94045 ACLS E-book vol 1]; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.94045 ACLS E-book vol 2]; [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.94045 ACLS E-book for vol 3] the major scholarly history
* Sorensen, Charles E., with Samuel T. Williamson. ''My Forty Years with Ford'', 1956; autobiography
* Tedlow, Richard S. "The Struggle for Dominance in the Automobile Market: the Early Years of Ford and General Motors" ''Business and Economic History'' 1988 17: 49-62. Ford stressed low price based on efficient factories but GM did better in oligopolistic competition by including investment in manufacturing, marketing, and management.
* Watts, Steven. ''The People's Tycoon: Henry Ford and the American Century'' (2005), major biography
* Wilkins, Mira and Frank Ernest Hill, ''American Business Abroad: Ford on Six Continents'' (1964)
* Williams, Karel, Colin Haslam and John Williams, "Ford versus `Fordism': The Beginning of Mass Production?" ''Work, Employment & Society'', Vol. 6, No. 4, 517-555 (1992), stress on Ford's flexibility and commitment to continuous improvements
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