Greg Grandin, a professor of Latin American history at NYU, is the author o Fordlandia: The Rise and Fall of Henry Ford's Forgotten Jungle City.

There is an interesting story on Fordlandia, auto giant Henry Ford's utopian experiment the Brazilian Amazon, at www.tomdispatch.com

You can join the discussion and book signing with Greg at The Strand Bookstore on tonight, Tuesday, June 30 at 7pm (828 Broadway at 12th Street). No RSVP is necessary.