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vcehistory.info &ndash for teachers and students of revolutions http://vcehistory.info 'vcehistory.info' is a VCE History-specific site that includes narrative, documents, images and links on the American, French and Russian revolutions. There is also a user forum for raising questions and discussing the course and the exam. |
Cram Notes: The American RevolutionFrom Revolution to Reconstructionhttp://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/ A hypertext on American history, with many excellent essays and interpretations of the American Revolution. Textbook page/s: 25 |
The American Revolution http://revolution.h-net.msu.edu/ A collection of essays and discussions on the American Revolution, housed at a site that complements the PBS series Liberty! Textbook page/s: 25 |
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: American Independence http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook12.html The 'Modern History Sourcebook' provides important documents relevant to the American Revolution. Textbook page/s: 25 |
Archiving Early America http://www.earlyamerica.com Contains many documents and primary sources from the American colonial and revolutionary period. Textbook page/s: 25 |
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/ A thorough and comprehensive account of the French Revolution that includes essays, documents, images and narrative. Textbook page/s: 43 |
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: French Revolution http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook13.html The 'Modern History Sourcebook' provides important documents relevant to the French Revolution. Textbook page/s: 43 |
Russia 1917–1941 http://www.johndclare.net/Russ1.htm This site offers basic but useful and well-organised point-form summaries of key aspects of the Russian Revolution. Textbook page/s: 62 |
Russia: 1860–1945 http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Russia.htm The BBC's 'Spartacus' site divides the Russian Revolution into events and issues, groups and individual revolutionaries. Summaries are supported with quotations and evidence. Textbook page/s: 62 |
Russian History from 1800–1917 http://www.creeca.wisc.edu/petrovich/index.html A collection of excellent audio lectures on the Russian Revolution from American historian Michael Petrovich. These offer a good alternative to reading. Textbook page/s: 62 |
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Russian Revolution http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook39.html The 'Modern History Sourcebook' provides important documents relevant to the Russian Revolution. Textbook page/s: 62 |
Cram Notes: The Chinese RevolutionChinese Cultural Studies: Concise Political History of Chinahttp://acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu/~phalsall/texts/chinhist.html A concise political history of China, from ancient times to modern day. Textbook page/s: 88 |
Internet Modern History Sourcebook: Asia since 1900 http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook52.html#China The 'Modern History Sourcebook' provides important documents relevant to the Chinese Revolution. Textbook page/s: 88 |
World History Topics http://www.thecorner.org/history.htm This site offers a clearly organised summary of the first decades of the Chinese Revolution. Textbook page/s: 88 |
BBC News | Special Reports | China's Communist Revolution http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/special_report/1999/09/99/china_50/default.htm This part of the BBC site offers a brief and accessible summary of the key points of the Chinese Revolution, from 1949 onwards. Textbook page/s: 88 |
The Chairman Smiles &ndash Chinese Posters 1949–1965 http://www.iisg.nl/exhibitions/chairman/chnintro.php This International Institute of Social History site displays several Chinese propaganda posters, from 1949 onwards. Textbook page/s: 88 |