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The article reviews the book "The Nature of Cities: Culture, Landscape and Urban Space," edited by Andrew C. Isenberg.

Iterations of Law is a valuable resource on the legal history of colonial India. The essays in this edited volume uncover the lived experience of law in the tradition of social history. The contributors discuss and rework ideas of legal pluralism, law's violence, and the legacy of colonial law. Their embrace of legal archives other than the judgment, such as the stamp paper, and political and bureaucratic speeches is a welcome methodological intervention in the field. This review examines the volume's contribution to two persistent debates in legal history: the perceived continuity of the colonial law and legal system, and the agency of the colonial subject vis-à-vis law. Read this way, the contributions emphasise several points of contact between subject and government that allowed the consolidation and legitimisation of colonial rule. Though greater engagement with law and a South Asian emphasis would have added much value, the review concludes that the volume is essential reading for legal historians as well as scholars analysing the conditions of authority and legitimacy of law. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There are few sociology texts that acquire truly seminal status. This brief paper, however, reflects on one of the most celebrated and often cited works in British urban sociology. It seeks to explain: (1) the book's initial impact on debates and research in the field of ‘race and ethnic relations’; (2) the key controversies sparked by its theoretical positioning; and (3) why, and in what ways, it remains of relevance almost half a century after it was written. It concludes that there are two reasons for its continued appeal and significance. First, it placed housing firmly at the centre of debates about the position of Britain's migrant communities; second, it illustrates the potential of sociological research. At a time when controversies rage about ‘impact’, here is a work that not only contributed to our theoretical understanding of contemporary society, but also illustrated the value of ‘public sociology’ by engaging with the polity to bring about social change. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reviews the book "The maiden tribute of modern Babylon," by W.T. Stead, edited with annotations and an introductory essay by Antony E. Simpson.

Reviews the book "Under the Mulga: A Bush Memoir," by Jim Gasteen.

Reviews the book 'Society and the State in Interwar Japan,' edited by Elise Tipton.

The article reviews the book "Scottish Society 1500-1800," edited by R. A. Houston and I. D. Whyte.

Reviews the book "West Country Maritime and Social History: Some Essays," edited by Stephen Fisher.

The article reviews the book "Klassen in der europäischen Sozialgeschichte/Classes in European Social History," edited by Hans-Ulrich Wehler.

Reviews the book "Improvement and Enlightenment: Proceedings of the Scottish Historical Studies Seminar, University of Strathclyde, 1987-88," edited by T.M. Devine.

Reviews the book "Social Disorganization in America," by Reece McGee.

Reviews the book "Kayang and Me," by Kim Scott and Hazel Brown.

A review of the book "Gender and Labour in Korea and Japan: Sexing Class," edited by Ruth Barraclough and Elyssa Faison, is presented.

A review of the book "Gaza Graffiti: Messages of Love and Politics," by Mia Gröndahl is presented.

The article reviews the book "The Self-Contained Village? The Social History of Rural Communities 1250-1900," edited by Christopher Dyer.

Reviews the book "A Social History of Knowledge Form Gutenberg to Diderot," by Peter Burke.

Reviews the non-fiction book 'Pila Nguru: The Spinifex People,' by Scott Cane.

Reviews the non-fiction book 'Proletarian Imagination: Self, Modernity, and the Sacred in Russia, 1910-1925,' by Mark A. Steinberg.

Reviews the non-fiction book 'Beyond Florence: The Contours of Medieval and Early Modern Italy,' edited by Paula Findlen, Michelle M. Fontaine and Duane J. Osheim.

Race, Community and Conflict: A Study of Sparkbrook opened a new field of analysis. If it was to stimulate further growth of knowledge, it needed to be better related to the economic analysis of housing markets. Research to this end that was conducted in the Research Unit on Ethnic Relations after 1970 is described. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Doctors for Democracy: Health Professionals in the Nepal Revolution," by Vincanne Adams.

The article reviews the book "Medieval Cheshire: Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire," vol. 128, edited by J. I. Kermode and C. B. Phillips.

Reviews the book "The People Called Shakers," by E.D. Andrews.

Reviews the book "Japan in the 21st Century: Environment, Economy, and Society," by Pradyumna P. Karan.

The article reviews the book "A Shoemaker's Story: Being Chiefly about French Canadian Immigrants, Enterprising Photographers, Rascal Yankees, and Chinese Cobblers in a Nineteenth-Century Factory Town," by Anthony W. Lee.

Reviews the book "Individuals, Families, and Communities in Europe, 1200-1800: The Urban Foundations of Western Society," by Katherine A. Lynch.

The article reviews the book "The freedom of the streets: Work, citizenship and sexuality in a gilded age city," by Sharon E. Wood.

The article reviews the book "Cyprus: The Search for a Solution," by David Hannay.

The article reviews the books "The Rise of Conservation in South Africa: Settlers, Livestock, and the Environment, 1770-1950," by William Beinart, and "Social History and African Environments," edited by William Beinart and JoAnn McGregor.

Reviews several books on social history. "Blood and Fire: La Violencia in Antioquia, Colombia, 1946-1953," by Mary Roldán; "Who Owns the Past? The Politics of Time in a Model Bulgarian Village," by Deema Kaneff; "Imaging the Andes: Shifting Margins of a Marginal World," edited by Ton Salman and Annelies Zoomers.