title: Underground: Travels on the Global Metro
author:  Marco Pesaresi 
description: <div><b>Marco Pesaresi </b>is a Milan-based photojournalist. <br><br><b>Francis Ford Coppola</b> is an Academy Award-winning director and the founding editor and publisher of <i>Zoetrope: All-Story.</i><br></div>
zlib_text: GLOBAL UNDERGROUNDS
  
  GLOBAL UNDERGROUNDS
  Exploring Cities Within
  Edited by Paul Dobraszczyk, Carlos López Galviz  
  and Bradley L. Garrett 
  REAKTION BOOKS
  
  Published by Reaktion Books Ltd
  Unit 32, Waterside
  44–48 Wharf  Road
  London N1 7UX, UK
  www.reaktionbooks.co.uk
  First published 2016
  Copyright © The Authors 2016
  All rights reserved
  No part of  this publication may be reproduced, stored in 
  a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any 
  means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or 
  otherwise, without the prior permission of  the publishers
  Printed and bound in China 
  A catalogue record for this book is available from the 
  British Library 
  ISBN 978 1 78023 576 9
  
   
  9 PREFACE  
   
    Global Undergrounds 
  Geoff  Manaugh
   14 INTRODUCTION 
   
   Exploring Cities Within 
   Paul Dobraszczyk,  
   Carlos López Galviz  
   and Bradley L. Garrett 
   
   24 ORIGINS
   
    Taming the Quagmire: 
  Cloaca Maxima, Rome
   
    Journey of  an 
  Underground Army: Xi’an
   
    Protective Labyrinths: 
  Si