Bernard Mandeville’s “A Modest Defence of Publick Stews”: Prostitution and Its Discontents in Early Georgian England

Primer, I.

In this study of Bernard Mandeville's A Modest Defence of Publick Stews , Irwin Primer breaks new ground by arguing that in addition to being an advocation for the establishment of state-regulated houses of prostitution, Mandeville's writing is also a highly polished work of literature.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2006-05-23

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781403971661

DOI: 10.1057/9781403984609

Dimensions: 229cm x152cm

Pages: 208