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Urban Geography
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Guidelines  |  Books Received

Guidelines

Urban Geography publishes reviews of recent books and monographs which contribute to the advancement of knowledge in urban geography. The Editorial Board views the appraisal of new books in urban geography and related fields as an extremely useful contribution to scholarship. See Brian Berry's Canons of Reviewing Revisited (PDF format, Size - 16 KB) for additional guidance and suggestions.

Suggestions on Contents. A book review for Urban Geography should accomplish three things:

1. Describe the nature, content, scope, and purpose of the book and its place in the literature of the subject field.

2. Analyze the contents and indicate the functions and use of the book. Shortcomings may be noted as appropriate.

3. Evaluate in a thoughtful and objective manner the success of the book in achieving its stated goal(s). Indicate its contribution to the field.

Details for Reviewers. It is recommended that reviewers will:

1. Advise the book review editor if the book should not be reviewed or if the reviewer does not feel qualified to undertake the review. In both cases the book should be returned to the book review editor immediately.

2. Where two or more books may be reviewed jointly, employ a comparative approach in evaluating their contents and contributions.

3. Avoid digressive essays; confine comments to the book under evaluation.

4. Avoid detailed descriptions of content and lengthy quotations from the book. Where an extended quote is necessary, it should be indented, and a page reference cited in parentheses following the quote.

5. Limit the length of the book review to approximately 1000 words.

Format. Reviews should be submitted as an e-mail attachment in either Corel WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, or ASCII format. The review should begin with the title of the book, followed by author, publisher, year of publication, etc. An example follows:

Geography of Cities, George O. Urbane. Geo Press, Tyson’s Corner, 1979. 193 pp., maps, illustrations, index. $74.95. Reviewed by Jane D. Teacher, University of State.

Reviews should be completed within four months. Publishing deadlines do not permit return to reviewers of galleys or page proofs. Reviews normally will be edited only for style. Reviewers have freedom of expression in the substance of their reviews.

All correspondence concerning book reviews should be addressed to:

Meghan Cope
Department of Geography
University of Vermont
200 Old Mill
94 University Place
Burlington, VT 05405
(e-mail: )

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Books Received

 

Those interested in reviewing one of the following titles should send the Book Review Editor, Meghan Cope, an e-mail by clicking on the "Interested in reviewing" link.


Arrighi, G. 2007. Adam Smith in Beijing: Lineages of the Twenty-First Century. Brooklyn, NY: Verso Press.
[Interested in reviewing]

Belsky, R. 2005. Localities at the Center: Native Place, Space, and Power in Late Imperial Beijing. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Benhardt, Jr., J. 2007. Appalachian Aspirations: The Geography of Urbanization and Development in the Upper Tennessee River Valley, 1865-1900. Knoxville, TN: The University of Tennessee Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Bogart, M. 2006. The Politics of Urban Beauty: New York and its Art Commission. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Burt, K.C. 2007. The Search For A Civic Voice: California Latino Politics. Claremont, CA: Regina Books. [Interested in reviewing]

Clarke, S., Hero, R. et al. 2006. Multiethnic Moments: The Politics of Urban Education Reform. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Das Gupta, M. 2006. Unruly Immigrants: Rights, Activism, and Transnational South Asian Politics in the United States. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Deakin, M., Mitchell, G., Nijkamp, P., and Vreeker, R., eds. 2007. Sustainable Urban Development: Volume 2 The Environmental Assessment Methods. New York: NY: The Taylor & Francis Group. [Interested in reviewing]

De Neve, G. and Donner, H., eds. 2006. The Meaning of the Local: Politics of Place in Urban India. New York, NY: UCL Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Doucet, C. 2007. Urban Meltdown: Cities, Climate Change and Politics As Usual. Gabriola Island, BC., Canada: New Society Publishers. [Interested in reviewing]

Erie, S. 2006. Beyond Chinatown: The Metropolitan Water District, Growth, and the Environment in Southern California. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Fuller, M. 2007. Moderns Abroad: Architecture, Cities and Italian Imperialism. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. [Interested in reviewing]

Gale, D. 2006. Greater New Jersey: Living in the Shadow of Gotham. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Ghent, R. and Semlyen A. 2006. Save Money, Be Healthy, Be Green: Cutting your Car Use. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers. [Interested in reviewing]

Gorter, D. 2006. Linguistic Landscape: A New Approach to Multilingualism. Clevedon, UK: Multilingual Matters LTD. [Interested in reviewing]

Grant, J. 2006. Planning the Good Community: New Urbanism in Theory and Practice. London: Routledge. [Interested in reviewing]

Green, A. 2007. Selling the Race: Culture, Community, and Black Chicago, 1945-1955. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Green, R.K. and Malpezzi, S. 2003. A Primer on U.S. Housing Markets and Housing Policy. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Harvey, F., 2008. A Primer of GIS: Fundamental Geographic and Cartographic Concepts. New York, NY: The Guilford Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Hinshaw, M.L. 2007. True Urbanism: Living In and Near The City. Chicago, IL: American Planning Association (Planners Press). [Interested in reviewing]

Hubbard, P. 2006. City. London: Routledge. [Interested in reviewing]

Ingraham, P.W. (Ed). 2007. In Pursuit of Performance: Management Systems in State and Local Government. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Kaganova, O. and Mckellar, J., eds. 2006. Managing Government Property Assets: International Experiences. Washington, DC: The Urban Institute Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Krims, A. 2007. Music and Urban Geography. New York, NY: Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. [Interested in reviewing]

Kruse, M. and Sugrue, J. 2006. The New Suburban History. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Laquian, A.A., Tewari, V., and Hanley, L.M., eds. 2007. The Inclusive City: Infrastructure and Public Services for the Urban Poor in Asia. Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Lawrence, H. 2006. City Trees: A Historical Geography from the Renaissance through the Nineteenth Century. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Li, Wei., ed. 2006. From Urban Enclave to Ethnic Suburb: New Asian Communities in Pacific Rim Countries. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Low, N., Gleeson, B. et al. 2005. The Green City: Sustainable Homes Sustainable Suburbs. New York, NY: Routledge. [Interested in reviewing]

Lucy, W. and Phillips, D. 2006. Tomorrow’s Cities, Tomorrow’s Suburbs. Chicago, IL: Planners Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Mackin, A. 2006. Americans And Their Land: The House Built on Abundance. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Maurrasse, D. 2006. Listening To Harlem: Gentrification, Community, and Business. New York, NY: Routledge. [Interested in reviewing]

McGahey, R. and Vey, J. eds. 2008. Retooling for Growth: Building a 21st Century Economy in America's Older Industrial Areas. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Meyer, D. 2006. Networked Machinists: High-Technology Industries in Antebellum America. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Miessen, M. and Basar, S., eds. 2006. Did Someone Say Participate?: An Atlas of Spatial Practice. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Mrozowski, S. 2006. The Archaeology of Class in Urban America. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Moody, K. 2007. From Welfare State to Real Estate: Regime Change in New York City, 1974 To The Present. New York, NY: The New Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Nelson, A., ed. 2007. Steering Sustainability in an Urbanizing World: Policy, Practice and Performance. Aldershot, Hampshire, UK: Ashgate. [Interested in reviewing]

Obermeyer, N. and Pinto J., 2008. Managing Geographic Information Systems, Second Edition. New York, NY: The Guilford Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Ong, A. 2006. Neoliberalism as Exception: Mutations in Citizenship and Sovereignty. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. [Interested in reviewing]

O’Toole, R. 2007. The Best-Laid Plans: How Governmental Planning Harms Your Quality of Life, Your Pocketbook, and Your Future. Washington, DC: Cato Institute. [Interested in reviewing]

Polenske, K.R. (Ed). 2007. The Economic Geography of Innovation. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Purcell, M. 2008. Recapturing Democracy: Neoliberalization and the Struggle for Alternative Urban Futures. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. [Interested in reviewing]

Register, R. 2006. Ecocities: Rebuilding Cities in Balance with Nature. Gabriola Island, BC: New Society Publishers. [Interested in reviewing]

Robbins, P. 2007. Lawn People: How Grasses, Weeds, and Chemicals Make Us Who We Are. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Rosenbaum, E. and Friedman, S. 2007. The Housing Divide: How Generations of Immigrants Fare in New York’s Housing Market. New York, NY: New York
University Press.
[Interested in reviewing]

Ross, E. 2006. Sufi City: Urban Design and Archetypes in Touba. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Sacks, M. 2006. Before Harlem: The Black Experience in New York City Before World War I. Philadelphia, PA: University of Philadelphia Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Segbers, K. (Ed). 2007. The Making of Global City Regions. Baltimore, MD: The John Hopkins University Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Short, J. R. 2006. Urban Theory: A Critical Assessment. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. [Interested in reviewing]

Singer, A., Hardwick, S. W., and Brettell, C. B., eds. 2008. Twenty-First Century Gateways: Immigrant Incorporation in Suburban America. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Solzman, D. 2006. The Chicago River: An Illustrated History and Guide to the River and Its Waterways. Chicago, IL: the University of Chicago Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Strom, E. A. and Mollenkopf, J. H. 2007. The Urban Politics Reader. London: Routledge. [Interested in reviewing]

Sze, J. 2007. Noxious New York: The Racial Politics of Urban Health and Environmental Justice. Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. [Interested in reviewing]

Taylor, P., Derudder, B. et el., eds. 2007. Cities in Globalization: Practices, policies, and Theories. London: Routledge. [Interested in reviewing]

Teelucksingh, C., ed. 2006. Claiming Space: Radicalization in Canadian Cities. Ontario, CAN: Wilfred Laurier University Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Umemoto, K. 2006. The Truce: Lessons from an L.A. Gang War. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Yochelson, B. and Czitrom, D. 2008. Rediscovering Jacob Riis: Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn-of-the-Century New York. New York, NY: The New Press. [Interested in reviewing]

Yusuf, S. and Nabeshima, K. 2006. Postindustrial East Asian Cities: Innovation for Growth. Palo Alta, CA: Stanford University Press and The World Bank. [Interested in reviewing]

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