Andra Chastain’s book, Chile Underground: The Santiago Metro and the Struggle for a Rational City, will be published on November 12th. The book tells the story of the Santiago Metro system as a microcosm of Chilean national identity during the twentieth century. It examines the contested process of implementing neoliberalism and shows how the Metro became a critical site where planners, workers, and urban residents contested Chile’s path to modernity. The book would be a good fit for courses in modern Latin American history, urban history/urban studies, history of technology, transnational history, the Latin American Cold War, and political culture.