Books by Michael Young

Michael Young has christened the oligarchy of the future "Meritocracy

Lab Monkey: I Survived, is the gripping true story of the life of Michael Young, an African American male born into poverty and subjected to secret involuntary medical testing and experiments disguised as treatment for his already debilitating condition of cataracts. Young leaves no stone unturned as he tells the story of his childhood life of going in and out of the hospital weeks and sometimes months at a time. Many of the other children never made it home. Michael is one who lived to tell it all. This is his story . . . Lab Monkey.

Michael Young has christened the oligarchy of the future "Meritocracy

A study of family life in the East End of London in the 1950s, based on extensive interviews and case studies, which examines the consequences of moving families from urban to suburban public housing.

Based on a major three-year research project, this book makes clear how planners have frequently failed to understand real human needs. It also provides a portrait of the resilience and generosity of spirit which went at least some way to compensate for the deprivations of inner-city working-class life.