Book review: Leisurely Islam: Negotiating Geography and Morality in Shi'ite South BeirutDeebLaraHarbMona, Leisurely Islam: Negotiating Geography and Morality in Shi'ite South Beirut, Princeton University Press: Princeton, NJ and Oxford, 2013; 304 pp.: 978 0 6911 53667, \\pounds16.95/US$24.95 (pbk).
Book review: Kyoto: An Urban History of Japan's Premodern CapitalStavrosMatthew, Kyoto: An Urban History of Japan's Premodern Capital, University of Hawaii Press: Honolulu, 2014; 256 pp.: 978 0 8248 3879 9, US$47.00 (hbk).
Book review: Industrial Ruination, Community, and Place: Landscapes and Legacies of Urban DeclineMahAlice, Industrial Ruination, Community, and Place: Landscapes and Legacies of Urban Decline, University of Toronto Press: Toronto, ON, 2012; 240 pp.: 978 1 4426 4549 3, US$55.00 (hbk).
Book review: Implosions/Explosions: Towards a Study of Planetary UrbanizationBrennerNeil (ed.), Implosions/Explosions: Towards a Study of Planetary Urbanization, Jovis Verlag: Berlin, 2014; 576 pp.: 978 3 86859 317 4, US$49.95/\\pounds42.00 (pbk).
Book review: Dream Zones: Anticipating Capitalism and Development in IndiaCrossJamie, Dream Zones: Anticipating Capitalism and Development in India, Pluto Press: London, 2014; 240 pp.: 978 0 7453 3372 4, \\pounds21.99 (pbk).
