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Bourgeois Power and Marriage
Was marrying within the family key to success of the ruling classes in Victorian England?
Prison Clothing - Lewes Arms Boycott
Laurie Taylor explores the history of prison clothing, and the power of the boycott.
Solo Living - Response to Wall Street
Why are more people living on their own and what are the consequences for society?
Anthropology of Wall Street - Rural Idyll
Laurie Taylor talks to the anthroplogist who spent a year studying Wall Street.
E-Elections - Jazz
Will UK party politics be transformed by new media and digital technology?
White Collar Crime: Punishment of Crime
3/3 Laurie Taylor explores the punishment of white collar crime.
White Collar Crime: Regulation of Crime
2/3 Why has corporate crime had such a low priority?
White Collar Crime: Culture of Crime
1/3 Laurie Taylor explores white collar crime. What exactly is it, who commits it and why?
Organ Donation - Flip Flops
The social and cultural influences on bereaved families' decisions to donate organs.
Suburbia Planning - Modernity Forgets
From suburbia to housing estates, Laurie Taylor discusses town and city planning.