The Social and Political Life of Latin American Infrastructures

by Jonathan AldermanGeoff Goodwin

This cross-disciplinary book makes a novel contribution to global infrastructure debates and provides important new insights into Latin America’s history and politics. It captures the characteristics, limits and vibrancy of Latin America’s infrastructures, exploring irrigation networks in Peru to nuclear plants in Cuba. It demonstrates the value of understanding infrastructure as a relational and experimental process.

Background image: Skyline of São Paulo in the haze of the dawn, Brazil, South America. Jose Luis Stephens (Shutterstock.com).

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