Ford wanted to control his workers' lives not just within the factory but without. He was very against alcohol (I've not researched him so no idea of that origin) and beer gardens (which were more like an English rural pub, than an Oktoberfest) in addition to providing amusements (they often would add things like gondola swings) were places immigrants and their descendents could negotiate blended -American identities.
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dancing_serpent
Re: Getting Through
Date: 2014-04-26 11:47 am (UTC)