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The Undesirables
The Law that Locked Away a Generation
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Oneworld Publications Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: 2RVVYNV
EAN: 9780861549795
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Beschreibung
Through the early twentieth century, the British Government locked away over 50,000 innocent people. Their 'crimes'. Being poor and unyielding. This is their story. A HISTORY TODAY. BOOK OF THE YEAR. 'Staggering. Wise's book bristles with injustices. ' Sunday Telegraph,. By 1950, an estimated 50,000 people had been deemed 'defective' by the British government and detained indefinitely under the 1913 Mental Deficiency Act. Their 'crimes' were various: women with children born out of wedlock; rebellious teenagers caught shoplifting; those with epilepsy, hearing impairments and chronic illnesses who had struggled in school; and many who were simply 'different'. Forcibly removed from their families and confined to a shadow world of specialist facilities in the countryside, they were hidden away and forgotten - out of sight, out of mind. Through painstaking archival research, award-winning historian Sarah Wise shines a light on this shameful chapter. Piecing together the lives irrevocably changed by this devastating legislation, The Undesirables. provides a compelling study of how early twentieth-century attitudes to class, gender and disability resulted in a nationwide scandal - and how they continue to shape social policy to this day. 'The heartrending stories Sarah Wise has unearthed beggar belief. beautifully researched and truly compelling. ' Catherine Bailey, author of Black Diamonds.
Spezifikationen
Sprache
- Englisch
Autor
- Wise Sarah
Erscheinungsjahr
- 2025
Format
- Buch (Softcover)
Detailformat
- Taschenbuch
Anzahl Seiten
- 352