Book reviewed in this article:

Dickens, P., 1990: Urban sociology: society, locality and human nature.

Fothergill, S. and N. Guy, 1990: Retreat from the regions: corporate change and the closure of factories.

Frieden, B.J. and L.B. Sagalyn, 1989: Downtown Inc.: how America rebuilds cities.

Galt, A.H., 1991: Far from the church bells: settlement and society in an Apulian town.

Hummon, D.M., 1990: Commonplaces: community ideology and identity in American culture.

Keat, R. and N. Abercrombie (eds), 1991: Enterprise culture.

Levine, M.V., 1990: The reconquest of Montreal: language policy and social change in a bilingual city.

Lo, C., 1990: Small property versus big government.

Phizacklea, A., 1990: Unpacking the fashion industry: gender, racism and class in production.

Rodenstein, M., 1988: ‘Mehr Licht, mehr Luft’: Gesundheitskonzepte im Städtebau seit 1750.

Stohr, W.B. (ed.), 1990: Global challenge and local response: initiatives for economic regeneration in contemporary Europe.