Bernard Mandeville's "A modest defence of publick stews" : prostitution and its discontents in early Georgian England

Author(s)

• Mandeville, Bernard
• Primer, Irwin
• Phil-Porney

Bibliographic Information

Bernard Mandeville's "A modest defence of publick stews" : prostitution and its discontents in early Georgian England

edited with an introduction by Irwin Primer

Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

• : [pbk.]

Other Title

Modest defence of publick stews

Note

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

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index

Details

• NCID: BA81801939
• ISBN:
  • 1403971668
  • 9781349533091
• LCCN: 2005053496
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: vi, 208 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HQ185.A5
  • DC22 : 306.74/20942
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Prostitution -- Great Britain