Books in the Geographies of Justice and Social Transformation Series series

Morrissey explores CENTCOM's Cold War origins and evolution, before addressing key elements of the command's grand strategy, including its interventionary rationales and use of the law in war. Engaging a wide range of scholarship, he then looks in-depth at the military interventions CENTCOM has spearheaded.

Based on original fieldwork in Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico, this book offers a bridge between geography and historical sociology. Drawing on multiple disciplines, Chris Hesketh's discussion of state formation in Mexico explores the interplay between global, regional, national, and sub-national articulations of power.

A persuasive exploration of the links between Alabama's slaveholding order and the subsequent industrialization of the state, America's Johannesburg demonstrates that arguments based on classical economics fail to take into account the ways in which racial issues influenced the rise of industrial capitalism.

Takes up a wide range of issues in urban life, including highway construction, gentrification, and the role of public architecture in sustaining collective memory. Equally sensitive both to black-white relations and to differences within the African American community, it is a vivid evocation of one of America's most distinctive places.

Offers a revealing ethnography of what is arguably the most dynamic district in one of the world's most dynamic cities. The book looks at the interplay between the neighbourhood's nighttime rhythms; its daytime economy of offices and malls; and Japan's ongoing internationalization and changing ethnic mix.