Book reviewed in this article:

Gottdiener, M. 1977: Planned sprawl: private and public interests in suburbia.

Lineberry, R. L. 1977: Equality and urban policy: the distribution of municipal public services.

Abrams, P. and Wrigley, E. A., editors, 1978: Towns in societies: essays in economic history and historical sociology.

Beirne, P. 1977: Fair rent and legal fiction.

Holloway, J. and Picciotto, S., editors, 1978: State and capital: a marxist debate.

Léveillée, J. 1978: Dévelopment urbain et politiques gouvernementales urbaines dans l’agglomération montréalaise

Long, N. 1977: An introduction to the sociology of rural development.

Massey, D. and Catalano, A. 1978: Capital and land: landownership by capital in Great Britain.

Pretecille, E. 1974: Jeux, modèles et simulations: critique des jeux urbains.

Redclift, M. R. 1978: Agrarian reform and peasant organization on the Ecuadorian Coast.

Sussman, C., editor, 1976: Planning the Fourth Migration: the neglected vision of the Regional Planning Association of America.

Vance, J. A. 1977: This scene of man: the role and structure of the city in the geography of western civilisation.

Wirth, J. D. and Jones, R. L., editors, 1978: Manchester and São Paulo: problems of rapid urban growth.

Young, K. and Kramer, J. 1978: Strategy and conflict in metropolitan housing—suburbia versus the Greater London Council 1965–75.