Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction 1
6. One. Stringing Together a People and a Place 9
7. Two. Building the Lonely Line, 1907–1915 19
8. Three. Working and Living on the Lonely Line 53
9. Four. The Power of Positivism 79
10. Five. Living with Others on the Lonely Line 101
11. Six. Selling a Person and a Product: Public Relations and the Rondon Telegraph Commission 131
12. Seven. The Legacy of the Lonely Line 155
13. Notes 163
14. Bibliography 207
15. Index 225