Book reviewed in this article:

Gans, Herbert J. 1991: People, plans, and policies: essays on poverty, racism, and other national urban problems.

Leontidou, Lila 1990: The Mediterranean city in transition: social change and urban development.

Plunz, Richard 1990: A history of housing in New York City: dwelling type and social change in the American metropolis.

Sassen, S. 1991. The global city: New York, London, Tokyo.

Shields, Rob 1991: Places on the margin: alternative geographies of modernity.