Outskirts
Population and urban development in Santiago, Chile, 1920-1940

When analyzing an early period of urban settlement in Santiago, from 1920 to 1940, Simón Castillo and Waldo Vila shed light on a little-studied period of the city's peripheral development, at least in relation to what happened before and after, revealing not only why this period was of crucial importance but also how the fundamental dynamics at play in Chile have been important elsewhere.

This book investigates those places and specifically residential living, through populations for sale and rent of lots, a subdivision modality used in almost all of the city's suburbs –except for the eastern zone– during the first half of the 20th century. In an impressive feat of historical research, the authors have scoured municipal and national archives, discovering how residents and local neighborhood associations organized and lobbied for change.