Mark Clapson
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Historian of suburbia Mark Clapson peers over the fences of Wisteria Lane to discover a fifty-year-old myth still at work.
Published August 17 2005
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Mark Clapson considers that suburbia holds the key to recent history on both sides of the Atlantic.
Published August 19 2001
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New books focussing on the working class
Published February 1 1994
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Mark Clapson looks at how Victorian morality drove the pleasures of betting underground, and relates the various devices that enabled the working-classes to sustain the reputation of a nation of gamblers.
Published October 1 1991
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Published December 1 1982
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Published November 1 1982
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