Book Reviews

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Book reviews in this article:The Phylogeny of a Ghetto Kenneth L. Kusmer, A Ghetto Takes Shape: Block Cleveland, 1870–1930.Official Cooperation Leonard A. Cole, Blacks in Power: A Comparative Study of Black and White Elected Officials.Rotten Apple Fred Ferretti, The Year the Big Apple Went Bust.Planning by Jury David J. Brower et al., Urban Growth: Management through Development Timing.Cities versus Suburbs Paul R. Porter, The Recovery of American CitiesUrban Grand Tour Herbert R. Lottman, How Cities Are Saved.Beyond Localism L. S. Bourne, Urban Systems: Strategies for Regulation–A Comparison of Policies in Britain, Sweden, Australia, and Canada.Urbanization Alternative Macolm D. Rivkin, Land Use and the Intermediatesize City in Developing Countries: With Case Studies of Turkey, Brazil, and Malaysia.Hopping a Derailed Train Andrew Marshall Hamer, The Selling of Rail Rapid Transit: A Critical Look at Urban Transportation Planning.Sound and Fury John Costello and Terry Hughes, The Concorde Conspiracy.Reclamation Guidelines William S. Doyle, Strip Mining of Coal: Environmental Solutions.Genetic Deficiency Harry M. Caudill, A Darkness at Dawn: Appalachian Kentucky and the Future.Lifeworld John A. Jakle, Stanley Brunn, and Curtis C. Roseman, Human Spatial Behavior: A Social Geography.Everything's Free in America Susan Sheehan, A Welfare Mother.Oddvar Aresvik, The Agricultural Development of Jordan.F. Lee Brown and A. 0. Lebeck, Cars, Cans, and Dumps: Solutions for Rural Residuals.William Gorham and Nathan Glazer, eds., The Urban Predicament.Gene F. Summers et al., Industrial Invasion of Nonmetropolitan America: A Quarter Century of Experience.William Worthy, The Rape of Our Neighborhoods: And How Communities Are Resisting Take‐Overs by Colleges, Hospitals, Churches, Businesses, and Public Agencies.David E. Apter and Louis Wolf Goodman, eds., The Multinational Corporation and Social Change.James Cannon, A Clear View: Guide to Industrial Pollution Control.Soliman Demir, The Kuwait Fund and the Political Economy of Arab Regionaf Development.Erik P. Eckholm, Losing Ground: Environmental Stress and World Food Prospects.Michael H. Glantz, ed., The Politics of Natural Disaster: The Case of the Sahel Drought.Orville F. Grimes, Jr., Housing for Low‐Income Families: Economics and Policy in the Developing World.