James J. Connolly

Decentering Urban History: Peripheral Cities in the Modern World
Journal of Urban History 2008 35: 3-14. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

James Heitzman

Middle Towns to Middle Cities in South Asia, 1800-2007
Journal of Urban History 2008 35: 15-38. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

Dieter K. Buse

Encountering and Overcoming Small-City Problems: Bremen in the Nineteenth Century
Journal of Urban History 2008 35: 39-52. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

Samuel J. Martland

Trade, Progress, and Patriotism: Defining Valparaíso, Chile, 1818-1875
Journal of Urban History 2008 35: 53-74. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

Carola Hein

Machi: Neighborhood and Small Town—The Foundation for Urban Transformation in Japan
Journal of Urban History 2008 35: 75-107. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

Alan Lessoff

Corpus Christi, 1965-2005: A Secondary City's Search for a New Direction
Journal of Urban History 2008 35: 108-133. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

Christopher Airriess

The Geographies of Secondary City Growth in a Globalized China: Comparing Dongguan and Suzhou
Journal of Urban History 2008 35: 134-149. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

Michael R. Adamson

Oil Booms and Boosterism: Local Elites, Outside Companies, and the Growth of Ventura, California
Journal of Urban History 2008 35: 150-177. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

Clay McShane

Review Essay: "Mind of God"—Not: Google Books for Urban Historians
Journal of Urban History 2008 35: 178-185. [Abstract] [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

Joseph M. Siry

Review Essay: Perspectives on American Tall Buildings: Ábalos, I. and Herreros, J. (2005). Tower and Office: From Modernist Theory to Contemporary Practice. A Buell Center/Columbia Book of Architecture. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, pp. x, 295, illustrations, notes, index, $34.95 paper. Kingwell, M. (2006). Nearest Thing to Heaven: The Empire State Building and American Dreams. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, pp. xii, 235, illustrations, bibliographic essay, index, $26.00 cloth. Moudry, R. (Ed.). (2005). The American Skyscraper: Cultural Histories. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. xvi, 281, notes, bibliography, index, $75.00 cloth
Journal of Urban History 2008 35: 186-195. [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

Florian Urban

Review Essay: The Limits of State Symbolism: Gordon, D. (Ed.). (2006). Planning Twentieth Century Capital Cities. New York: Routledge, pp. ix, 400, illustrations, bibliography, index, $125.00 cloth. Hein, C. (2004). The Capital of Europe—Architecture and Urban Planning for the European Union. Westport, CT: Praeger, pp. xii, 328, illustrations, tables, bibliography, index, $138.95 cloth. Hein, C. (Ed.). (2006). Bruxelles l'Européenne, Capitale de qui? Ville de qui? [European Brussels, Whose capital? Whose city?], in French and English. Brussels: Institut Supérieur d'Architecture de la Communauté Française, pp. 313, illustrations, tables, bibliography, 13 paper. Sonne, W. (2003). Representing the State: Capital City Planning in the Early Twentieth Century. Munich and New York: Prestel, (distributed by Sandpiper, London), pp. 368, illustrations, tables, bibliography, index, £42.00 cloth
Journal of Urban History 2008 35: 196-200. [PDF] [References] [Request Permission]  

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