Annotated Bibliography
Works Cited
Allen, Scott. "Henry Ford - Founder of Ford Motor Company and Assembly Line Innovator." about money. About.com, 2015. Web. 11 Jan. 2015. <http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/famousentrepreneurs/p/henryford.htm>. This source explained that Ford neither invented the automobile nor the assembly, but that his innovations on them are what was important. I used that in the thesis. I also used it in the page on his leadership, using information on his stubborn, opinionated personality to explain his many views.
Andersen, Erika. "21 Quotes from Henry Ford on Business, Leadership, and Life." Forbes. N.p., 31 May 2013. Web. 5 Jan. 2015. <http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2013/05/31/21-quotes-from-henry-ford-on-business-leadership-and-life/>. I used 3 of these quotes, one about leadership, one about business and profits in the page Early Life, and one about industrialism in $5-a-day wage.
"Anti-Semitism in the U.S." Jewish Virtual Library. American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, 2015. Web. 10 Jan. 2015. <http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/ford.html>. I used information on the Dearborn Independent and The International Jew in the page anti-Semitism, and how publications were used and promoted by anti-Semites to justify their attacks. It also said that Ford had apologized for it, comfirming this information from other sources.
"Assembly Line Centennial." My Ford Magazine. Ford Motor Company, 2015. Web. 16 Jan. 2015. <http://www.myfordmag.com/news/ford-assembly-line-100>. I only used this source for the picture of an assembly line used by Ford Motor Co. in the page The Moving Assembly Line.
The Associated Press. "Henry Ford Is Dead at 83 in Dearborn." NY Times. The New York Times Company, 2010. Web. 10 Jan. 2015. <http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0730.html>. I used information about how he created the moving assembly line with workers doing only one operation the whole time, and how it became more efficient than any other production technique.
Cordray, Robert. "ON LEADERSHIP, VISIONARIES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: HENRY FORD." Linked 2 Leadership. WordPress.com, n.d. Web. 6 Jan. 2015. <http://linked2leadership.com/2014/11/13/on-leadership-visionaries-and-entrepreneurship-henry-ford/>. I used information here to find out about his leadership style, and it lead me to look for more information on Ford's impact on WWII because it briefly stated that Ford's production went into aviation for a while to contribute to the war. It also said Ford had no limit to his imagination, which i put in the page on leadership about his style of thinking and that everything is possible.
Davis, Carol. "Henry Ford, the Man Who Changed America." American Profile. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2014. <http://americanprofile.com/articles/henry-ford-the-man-who-changed-america/>. I used this in the page on the moving assembly line and how it let Ford decrease the price low enough that masses of people could afford the Model T. I also used information from here to show how Ford wanted a car to build for the average person, to be cheap and reliable.
"Ford, Henry." Encylopedia.com. N.p., 2003. Web. 5 Jan. 2015. <http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Henry_Ford.aspx>. I used this information for part of the page on his early life. I used the information on how he had been interested in mechanics since he was very young and how he had gotten a watch and learned to fix and assemble it.
"Ford Model T Centennial." Serious Wheels. John Filiss, n.d. Web. 16 Jan. 2015. <http://www.seriouswheels.com/def/Ford-Model-T-Centennial-Henry-Ford-1024x768.htm>. I only used this source for the one picture of Henry Ford standing next to one of his Model T's.
"Ford Secures Historical Legacy with the Achievement of the Moving Assembly Line." @FordOnline. Ford Motor Company, 4 Oct. 2012. Web. 11 Jan. 2015. <http://www.at.ford.com/news/cn/Pages/Ford%20Secures%20Historical%20Legacy%20with%20the%20Achievement%20of%20the%20Moving%20Assembly%20Line.aspx>. I used this source for information on the moving assembly line and how Ford innovated on it from the original assembly line and how it marked his creation of mass production, and how it allowed to make cars faster, cheaper, and reliably.
Goss, Jennifer L. "Henry Ford and the Assembly Line." about education. about.com, n.d. Web. 4 Jan. 2015. <http://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/a/Ford--Assembly-Line.htm>. I used this source to find out that the price of a Model T went from $850 to $260 with the introduction of the moving assembly line. I also found out that Ford took out all options on Model T's, including the paint job, which had to be black. It was also where I found that Ford had built the Highland Park Plant in 1910.
Green, Hardy. "A Titan of Industry--and a Bigot." BloombergBusinessweek. Bloomberg L.P., 2015. Web. 10 Jan. 2015. <http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2002-01-20/a-titan-of-industry-and-a-bigot>. I used this source to find out that Hitler actually admired Ford for his example of antisemitism and mentioned him a few times as a model for his ideas. It was also where I found that he had bought the Dearborn Independent and used it for anti-Semitic ideas, and how it brought him many problems with Jewish customers and readers.
Green, Willie. "The Legacy of Henry Ford." Free Republic. N.p., 13 June 2003. Web. 11 Jan. 2015. <http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/928562/posts>. This is where I found that Ford's use of mass production is what prompted other industries to use it and why it became vital to every business. It was also where I found that Ford hired black workers before any other business, encouraging corporate diversity.
"Henry Ford." Entrepreneur. Entrepreneur Media, Inc., 7 Oct. 2008. Web. 15 Jan. 2015. <http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/197524>. I used this source for the page on the Great Depression and WWII, including the stock market's crash, as well as the creation of the Model A, and the plane asked for by the government for WWII, the B-24 Liberator Bomber.
"Henry Ford and World War 1." History.com. AETN UK, 2014. Web. 7 Jan. 2015. <http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-america/henry-ford-and-world-war-1>. I used this source for the picture at the top of the page, which I used at the bottom of the page about the moving assembly line. I also found information on Ford's hiring of black workers, paying $5-a-day, and lowering of prices to sell to the masses.
"Henry Ford - Biography." Bio. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 5 Jan. 2015. <http://www.biography.com/people/henry-ford-9298747>. I found information on Henry's early life, which I used in Early Life and Background, as well as his work at Edison Illuminating Company as a chief engineer, how he built the Ford Motor Company, and how half of all cars in 1918 were Model T's.
"Henry Ford Leadership." Leadership With You. Leadership With You, Feb. 2014. Web. 6 Jan. 2015. <http://www.leadership-with-you.com/henry-ford-leadership.html>. I used this source for the page Leadership. I used information about valuing workers, promoting self-belief, and that work is essential to life.
"Henry Ford publishes the last issue of the Dearborn Independent." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2014. Web. 10 Jan. 2015. <http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-ford-publishes-the-last-issue-of-the-dearborn-independent>. I used this source in the page on antisemitism. I used information on Henry Ford's use of the Dearborn Independent and his publication of The International Jew, and how it led to a lawsuit and him issuing a public apology and closing down the newspaper.
History.com Staff. "Henry Ford." History.com. A&E Networks, 5 Jan. 2009. Web. 5 Jan. 2015. <http://www.history.com/topics/henry-ford>. I used information here on him marrying Clara Ala Bryant in 1888, his apprenticeship in Detroit as a machinist, as well as the Model T and the later Model A.
"The Life of Henry Ford." The Henry Ford. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2014. <http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/hf/Henry_Ford_Legacy.asp>. I used this source for information on Ford's legacy of mass production, and how it spread to virtually every industry as the preferred method of production, and I put this information in the moving assembly line page.
Lou, Dee, and Chi Zeng. "Henry Ford: The Individual that Put America on the Road to Auto Prosperity." Henry Ford: Grabbing History By the Wheel. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Jan. 2015. <http://ford.chizeng.com/impact.html>. Here I found how Ford's $5-a-day wage led to a growing middle class of workers, how it expanded Ford's market by allowing his workers to also purchase his products.
Namin-Hedayati, Farnaz. "3 Leadership Qualities of Henry Ford." Center For Work Life. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Jan. 2015. <http://www.centerforworklife.com/leadership-qualities-henry-ford/>. I used this source in the page on leadership. I included info about his value of workers finances and emotions by valuing them, as well as his hiring of black, female, and disabled workers, pioneering corporate diversity and setting an examples for other companies.
"Quadricycle 1896." Quadricycle 1896. N.p., 2012. Web. 7 Jan. 2015. <http://www.quadricycle1896.com/en/home.html>. I only used this source for the short part in Early Life and Background about how Ford invented the Quadricycle in 1896 while working for the Edison Illuminating Company and how it led to him leaving his job as chief engineer and building his own company.
Rudin, James. "The Dark Legacy of Henry Ford's Anti-Semitism." Religion News Service. WordPress, n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2015. <http://www.religionnews.com/2014/10/10/dark-legacy-henry-fords-anti-semitism-commentary/>. I used this source in the page on antisemitism by using the info on Ford's attacks on Jews through his newspaper, the Dearborn Independent, and how he had hundreds of thousands of readers seeing his bigoted publications.
Snow, Richard. "It's Still Henry Ford's World." Bloomberg View. Bloomberg L.P., n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2015. <http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-07-29/it-s-still-henry-ford-s-world>. I used this source for how Ford made mass production possible and how it industrialized America, bringing people into cities and developing a large middle class, how he paid his workers enough to become middle class consumers who would purchase his products.
Stanford, Steven C. "Henry Ford- An Impact Felt." Henry Ford Heritage Association. HFHA, 2014. Web. 7 Jan. 2015. <http://hfha.org/the-ford-story/henry-ford-an-impact-felt/>. I used this source for Early Life and Background, on how Ford had envisioned selling a product to the multitudes of people, at an affordable price, and how he had fixed timepieces in his childhood.
Worstall, Tim. "The Story of Henry Ford's $5 a Day Wages: It's Not What You Think." Forbes. N.p., 4 Mar. 2012. Web. 11 Jan. 2015. <http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/03/04/the-story-of-henry-fords-5-a-day-wages-its-not-what-you-think/>. I used this source in the page $5-a-day wages, on how Ford used higher wages and shorter workdays to increase worker loyalty and lower turnover rates and training costs, ultimately benefiting him by raising pay, and how it improved productivity, motivating workers to show up and work harder.
Allen, Scott. "Henry Ford - Founder of Ford Motor Company and Assembly Line Innovator." about money. About.com, 2015. Web. 11 Jan. 2015. <http://entrepreneurs.about.com/od/famousentrepreneurs/p/henryford.htm>. This source explained that Ford neither invented the automobile nor the assembly, but that his innovations on them are what was important. I used that in the thesis. I also used it in the page on his leadership, using information on his stubborn, opinionated personality to explain his many views.
Andersen, Erika. "21 Quotes from Henry Ford on Business, Leadership, and Life." Forbes. N.p., 31 May 2013. Web. 5 Jan. 2015. <http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2013/05/31/21-quotes-from-henry-ford-on-business-leadership-and-life/>. I used 3 of these quotes, one about leadership, one about business and profits in the page Early Life, and one about industrialism in $5-a-day wage.
"Anti-Semitism in the U.S." Jewish Virtual Library. American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise, 2015. Web. 10 Jan. 2015. <http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/anti-semitism/ford.html>. I used information on the Dearborn Independent and The International Jew in the page anti-Semitism, and how publications were used and promoted by anti-Semites to justify their attacks. It also said that Ford had apologized for it, comfirming this information from other sources.
"Assembly Line Centennial." My Ford Magazine. Ford Motor Company, 2015. Web. 16 Jan. 2015. <http://www.myfordmag.com/news/ford-assembly-line-100>. I only used this source for the picture of an assembly line used by Ford Motor Co. in the page The Moving Assembly Line.
The Associated Press. "Henry Ford Is Dead at 83 in Dearborn." NY Times. The New York Times Company, 2010. Web. 10 Jan. 2015. <http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/bday/0730.html>. I used information about how he created the moving assembly line with workers doing only one operation the whole time, and how it became more efficient than any other production technique.
Cordray, Robert. "ON LEADERSHIP, VISIONARIES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP: HENRY FORD." Linked 2 Leadership. WordPress.com, n.d. Web. 6 Jan. 2015. <http://linked2leadership.com/2014/11/13/on-leadership-visionaries-and-entrepreneurship-henry-ford/>. I used information here to find out about his leadership style, and it lead me to look for more information on Ford's impact on WWII because it briefly stated that Ford's production went into aviation for a while to contribute to the war. It also said Ford had no limit to his imagination, which i put in the page on leadership about his style of thinking and that everything is possible.
Davis, Carol. "Henry Ford, the Man Who Changed America." American Profile. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2014. <http://americanprofile.com/articles/henry-ford-the-man-who-changed-america/>. I used this in the page on the moving assembly line and how it let Ford decrease the price low enough that masses of people could afford the Model T. I also used information from here to show how Ford wanted a car to build for the average person, to be cheap and reliable.
"Ford, Henry." Encylopedia.com. N.p., 2003. Web. 5 Jan. 2015. <http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Henry_Ford.aspx>. I used this information for part of the page on his early life. I used the information on how he had been interested in mechanics since he was very young and how he had gotten a watch and learned to fix and assemble it.
"Ford Model T Centennial." Serious Wheels. John Filiss, n.d. Web. 16 Jan. 2015. <http://www.seriouswheels.com/def/Ford-Model-T-Centennial-Henry-Ford-1024x768.htm>. I only used this source for the one picture of Henry Ford standing next to one of his Model T's.
"Ford Secures Historical Legacy with the Achievement of the Moving Assembly Line." @FordOnline. Ford Motor Company, 4 Oct. 2012. Web. 11 Jan. 2015. <http://www.at.ford.com/news/cn/Pages/Ford%20Secures%20Historical%20Legacy%20with%20the%20Achievement%20of%20the%20Moving%20Assembly%20Line.aspx>. I used this source for information on the moving assembly line and how Ford innovated on it from the original assembly line and how it marked his creation of mass production, and how it allowed to make cars faster, cheaper, and reliably.
Goss, Jennifer L. "Henry Ford and the Assembly Line." about education. about.com, n.d. Web. 4 Jan. 2015. <http://history1900s.about.com/od/1910s/a/Ford--Assembly-Line.htm>. I used this source to find out that the price of a Model T went from $850 to $260 with the introduction of the moving assembly line. I also found out that Ford took out all options on Model T's, including the paint job, which had to be black. It was also where I found that Ford had built the Highland Park Plant in 1910.
Green, Hardy. "A Titan of Industry--and a Bigot." BloombergBusinessweek. Bloomberg L.P., 2015. Web. 10 Jan. 2015. <http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2002-01-20/a-titan-of-industry-and-a-bigot>. I used this source to find out that Hitler actually admired Ford for his example of antisemitism and mentioned him a few times as a model for his ideas. It was also where I found that he had bought the Dearborn Independent and used it for anti-Semitic ideas, and how it brought him many problems with Jewish customers and readers.
Green, Willie. "The Legacy of Henry Ford." Free Republic. N.p., 13 June 2003. Web. 11 Jan. 2015. <http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/928562/posts>. This is where I found that Ford's use of mass production is what prompted other industries to use it and why it became vital to every business. It was also where I found that Ford hired black workers before any other business, encouraging corporate diversity.
"Henry Ford." Entrepreneur. Entrepreneur Media, Inc., 7 Oct. 2008. Web. 15 Jan. 2015. <http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/197524>. I used this source for the page on the Great Depression and WWII, including the stock market's crash, as well as the creation of the Model A, and the plane asked for by the government for WWII, the B-24 Liberator Bomber.
"Henry Ford and World War 1." History.com. AETN UK, 2014. Web. 7 Jan. 2015. <http://www.history.co.uk/study-topics/history-of-america/henry-ford-and-world-war-1>. I used this source for the picture at the top of the page, which I used at the bottom of the page about the moving assembly line. I also found information on Ford's hiring of black workers, paying $5-a-day, and lowering of prices to sell to the masses.
"Henry Ford - Biography." Bio. A&E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 5 Jan. 2015. <http://www.biography.com/people/henry-ford-9298747>. I found information on Henry's early life, which I used in Early Life and Background, as well as his work at Edison Illuminating Company as a chief engineer, how he built the Ford Motor Company, and how half of all cars in 1918 were Model T's.
"Henry Ford Leadership." Leadership With You. Leadership With You, Feb. 2014. Web. 6 Jan. 2015. <http://www.leadership-with-you.com/henry-ford-leadership.html>. I used this source for the page Leadership. I used information about valuing workers, promoting self-belief, and that work is essential to life.
"Henry Ford publishes the last issue of the Dearborn Independent." History.com. A&E Television Networks, 2014. Web. 10 Jan. 2015. <http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/henry-ford-publishes-the-last-issue-of-the-dearborn-independent>. I used this source in the page on antisemitism. I used information on Henry Ford's use of the Dearborn Independent and his publication of The International Jew, and how it led to a lawsuit and him issuing a public apology and closing down the newspaper.
History.com Staff. "Henry Ford." History.com. A&E Networks, 5 Jan. 2009. Web. 5 Jan. 2015. <http://www.history.com/topics/henry-ford>. I used information here on him marrying Clara Ala Bryant in 1888, his apprenticeship in Detroit as a machinist, as well as the Model T and the later Model A.
"The Life of Henry Ford." The Henry Ford. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2014. <http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/hf/Henry_Ford_Legacy.asp>. I used this source for information on Ford's legacy of mass production, and how it spread to virtually every industry as the preferred method of production, and I put this information in the moving assembly line page.
Lou, Dee, and Chi Zeng. "Henry Ford: The Individual that Put America on the Road to Auto Prosperity." Henry Ford: Grabbing History By the Wheel. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Jan. 2015. <http://ford.chizeng.com/impact.html>. Here I found how Ford's $5-a-day wage led to a growing middle class of workers, how it expanded Ford's market by allowing his workers to also purchase his products.
Namin-Hedayati, Farnaz. "3 Leadership Qualities of Henry Ford." Center For Work Life. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Jan. 2015. <http://www.centerforworklife.com/leadership-qualities-henry-ford/>. I used this source in the page on leadership. I included info about his value of workers finances and emotions by valuing them, as well as his hiring of black, female, and disabled workers, pioneering corporate diversity and setting an examples for other companies.
"Quadricycle 1896." Quadricycle 1896. N.p., 2012. Web. 7 Jan. 2015. <http://www.quadricycle1896.com/en/home.html>. I only used this source for the short part in Early Life and Background about how Ford invented the Quadricycle in 1896 while working for the Edison Illuminating Company and how it led to him leaving his job as chief engineer and building his own company.
Rudin, James. "The Dark Legacy of Henry Ford's Anti-Semitism." Religion News Service. WordPress, n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2015. <http://www.religionnews.com/2014/10/10/dark-legacy-henry-fords-anti-semitism-commentary/>. I used this source in the page on antisemitism by using the info on Ford's attacks on Jews through his newspaper, the Dearborn Independent, and how he had hundreds of thousands of readers seeing his bigoted publications.
Snow, Richard. "It's Still Henry Ford's World." Bloomberg View. Bloomberg L.P., n.d. Web. 11 Jan. 2015. <http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-07-29/it-s-still-henry-ford-s-world>. I used this source for how Ford made mass production possible and how it industrialized America, bringing people into cities and developing a large middle class, how he paid his workers enough to become middle class consumers who would purchase his products.
Stanford, Steven C. "Henry Ford- An Impact Felt." Henry Ford Heritage Association. HFHA, 2014. Web. 7 Jan. 2015. <http://hfha.org/the-ford-story/henry-ford-an-impact-felt/>. I used this source for Early Life and Background, on how Ford had envisioned selling a product to the multitudes of people, at an affordable price, and how he had fixed timepieces in his childhood.
Worstall, Tim. "The Story of Henry Ford's $5 a Day Wages: It's Not What You Think." Forbes. N.p., 4 Mar. 2012. Web. 11 Jan. 2015. <http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2012/03/04/the-story-of-henry-fords-5-a-day-wages-its-not-what-you-think/>. I used this source in the page $5-a-day wages, on how Ford used higher wages and shorter workdays to increase worker loyalty and lower turnover rates and training costs, ultimately benefiting him by raising pay, and how it improved productivity, motivating workers to show up and work harder.