- Hardcover: 207 pages
- Publisher: True Bill Press; Reprint edition (15 Oct 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0979111609
- ISBN-13: 978-0979111600
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 2.5 x 15.7 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,832,918 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The definitive edition, 4 Aug 2008
By N. Egan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon: The Report of the Secret Commission (Hardcover)
W.T. Stead serialized his report on child prostitution in London in the Pall Mall Gazette in 1885. Until now it has never been published in monograph form, although parts of it are available on the Internet. The report is of tremendous importance to anyone interested in the social aspects of Victorian England. Its impact in its time was considerable and it was largely responsible for the passage of the Criminal Law Amendment Act. This was the most far-reaching piece of British legislation ever enacted addressing the sexual exploitation of young girls and also included the so-called Labouchère Amendment, which provided the legal means of prosecuting homosexuals for the following eighty years.
The editor's annotations are meticulous and valuable in documenting Stead's sources, not to mention his occasional mistakes. His introduction does not provide a thorough overview of scholarly research on Victorian sexuality (this is done elsewhere). It does, however, achieve its goal in documenting efforts to combat organized prostitution in the courts and in the legislature from the 1820s.
This book is the definitive edition of Stead's important work and is indispensable for anyone concerned with Victorian morality and social history.
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Long overdue!, 13 Nov 2009
By Book Reviewer Dan - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon: The Report of the Secret Commission (Hardcover)
From: the Doctor of Journalism website, [...]
"Long overdue re-issue of Stead's classic tabloid crusade (about 100 years before 'tabloid crusade' became a concept) with meaty annotations. A must-read for journalism historians."
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The maiden tribute of modern babylon, 12 Nov 2009
By Book reviewer "Jim" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Maiden Tribute of Modern Babylon: The Report of the Secret Commission (Hardcover)
From The London Journal, July 2008:
"It is exceedingly useful to have this series of articles gathered together in one place, inclusive of Stead's own commentaries (not always easily distinguishable from the actual reports) and the published responses of his readership for and against the case he was making.... The text has helpful footnotes translating words and phrases in other languages in the original, explicating usages or allusions which might be opaque to the modern reader, identifying named individuals, and so forth. [The editor's introduction] is workmanlike [and] provides an extremely solid account of the relevant laws and their history."
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