Fantasy City is an anlaysis of the postindustrial city as a site of entertaiment. By discussing examples from a wide variety of venues the author questions urban entertainment's economic foundations and historical background.[...]

The third edition of John Hannigan's classic undergraduate text has been fully updated and revised to highlight contemporary trends and controversies within global environmental sociology. Environmental Sociology offers a distinctive, balanced treatment of environmental issues, reconciling Hannigan'[...]

Dramatic scenes of devastation and suffering caused by disasters such as the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, are viewed with shock and horror by millions of us across the world. What we rarely see, however, are the international politics of disaster aid, mitigation and prevention that conditio[...]