Teresa Miriam Van Hoy

About the Author

Teresa Miriam Van Hoy is a historian and author whose work examines the social forces, institutions, and human experiences that shape modern Mexico. Her scholarship brings together careful archival research and an engaging narrative approach, illuminating how railroads affected communities and intersected with systems of labor, punishment, religion, and political power. She is the author of A Social History of Mexico's Railroads: Peons, Prisoners, and Priests (Jaguar Books on Latin America), a study that places transportation history within the broader social history of Mexico. Her writing invites readers to see infrastructure not merely as technology, but as a reflection of society.