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

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

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Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781403971661
ISBN-10: 1403971668
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 2006-05-23
Edition description: 2006
Pages: 215
Product dimensions: Height: 9.26 Inches, Length: 6.38 Inches, Weight: 1.0251495183 Pounds, Width: 0.68 Inches
Author: I. Primer
Language: en
Binding: Hardcover

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