Infrastructure is never neutral. In Chile Underground, Andra Chastain brilliantly shows how, from its planning and financing to its construction, implementation and daily use, the Santiago Metro can serve as a fulcrum for Chiles recent history.Raymond Craib, author of The Cry of the Renegade: Politics and Poetry in Interwar Chile
A fascinating history of Chiles social, political, and economic twists and turns told through the continuity of trains, tracks, and tunnels. Chastains book makes an important contribution to the history of Chile and the history of technology.Eden Medina, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A pathbreaking critical history of infrastructure and modernity, Chile Underground upends Cold War dichotomies to illuminate enduring contests over public order and social justice.Heidi Tinsman, University of California, Irvine
