North American economic integration Book

The theoretical framework from Levebfre in this book is really amazing and very strong. I could not connect, however, to the characters of city-suburban that Brenner elaborates with examples of western cities. Apparently, the postcolonial space has strikingly different characters and development, which need to be explained further -- but I believe it's not his duty since he states so early in this book that he in no way is interested in generalizing his findings and analysis. I also wonder about the missing rural-urban connection in western Europe, or at least I would like to know why it doesn't make it to the analysis of the reconfiguration of space in post-Fordist West Europe.