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The Leading Edge
VCE Units 3&4 Revolutions

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 Revolution

From Revolution to Reconstruction
http://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 Revolution

Chinese Cultural Studies: Concise Political History of China
http://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