Explores how suburban space and the body are racialized in American film.

A detailed study of the history of African Americans in a small upstate New York city from the days of the Underground Railroad to the deindustrialization of the 1980s.

Explains why and how local critical reporting can exist in China despite the kinds of media control that are the hallmarks of authoritarian rule.

A comprehensive exploration of racial inequality in New York City since 1965.

Examines the ways in which austerity policies are transforming US cities.

Updated second edition examining how the real estate industry and federal housing policy have facilitated the development of racial residential segregation.

Examines the dynamics of Atlanta’s transportation crisis.

A powerful account of the hazards, challenges, and dangers faced by America's first-responders.

Looks at how contemporary Jewish neighborhoods interact with both local and transnational influences.

Reveals the powerful influence of financial elites on New York City’s mayors.

Examines the economic activities of self-employed brickmakers and the unpaid family members and others who assist them in Mexico.

Multidisciplinary perspectives on segregation in the United States and other developed countries.

Looks at the daily lives of poor people to demonstrate that the poor pay more than others, by both monetary and other measures, to meet basic needs.

Explores the political and economic causes and consequences of homelessness.

Explores the daily lives of a group of inner city residents, focusing particularly upon their language use and other types of literate strategies used to gain resources, access to social institutions, and respect.

'Ilm al- 'umran is ". ..an independent science. This science has its own peculiar object—that is, human civilization and social organization. The discussion of this topic is something new, extraordinary, ...