02348nam 22005894a 450 991078415630332120230829000322.01-281-36598-X97866113659811-4039-8460-310.1057/9781403984609(CKB)1000000000342617(SSID)ssj0000110393(PQKBManifestationID)11133362(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110393(PQKBWorkID)10062482(PQKB)10870346(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8460-9(MiAaPQ)EBC307631(Au-PeEL)EBL307631(CaPaEBR)ebr10155132(CaONFJC)MIL136598(OCoLC)124039434(EXLCZ)99100000000034261720050823e20061724 uy 0engurnn#008mamaatxtccrBernard Mandeville's "A modest defence of publick stews"[electronic resource] prostitution and its discontents in early Georgian England /edited with an introduction by Irwin Primer1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20061 online resource (VII, 208 p.)Originally published: A modest defence of publick stews, or, An essay upon whoring, as it is now practis'd in these kingdoms / written by a layman. London : Printed by A. Moore near St. Paul's, 1724. Dedication is signed: Phil-Porney.1-349-53309-2 1-4039-7166-8 Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index.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.ProstitutionGreat BritainProstitution306.74/20942Phil-Porney1569065Mandeville Bernard1670-1733.122695Primer Irwin540467MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910784156303321Bernard Mandeville's "A modest defence of publick stews"3841645UNINA