Undesirables - The Law That Locked Away a Generation

The shocking story of how the British government locked up thousands of innocent people - then forgot about them.

About the author

Sarah Wise is a social historian and visiting professor at the University of California's London Study Centre. Her previous books include Inconvenient People: Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England and The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum.

Her new website misssarahwise.co.uk lists the dates and venues where she will be speaking about The Undesirables - plus links to some of her other, shorter, writings and a list of her history and literature courses. Follow Sarah on Twitter/X: @misssarahwise.

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Wise, Wise Sarah
• Publisher: Oneworld
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.07.2025
• EAN: 9780861549795
• ISBN: 978-0-86154-979-5
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, History of Ideas, MEDICAL / Ethics, SCIENCE / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, SOCIAL SCIENCE / People with Disabilities, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, MEDICAL / History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Poverty & unemployment, History of Medicine, History of Science, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Disability: social aspects, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Political control and freedoms, Political Control & Freedoms, Medical ethics and professional conduct, Medical ethics & professional conduct, Poverty and precarity