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Abolition
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/maritime/slavery/eabolition.asp
Looks at the role of abolitionists such as Thomas Clarkson and William Wilberforce who led the British parliamentary campaign to abolish the slave trade and slavery during the 18th century. |
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Distinguished Women of Past and Present
www.distinguishedwomen.com
Comprehensive chronological site on key women working in many areas including architecture, art, activism, music, literature, poetry and many more. |
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Eighteenth-century Art and Architecture
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/art.html
Resources site linking to pages on art and architecture in the 18th century, including exhibitions and galleries, individual artists and architects. |
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Eighteenth-century Literature and Theatre
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/lit.html
A wealth of information on over 50 British authors of the 18th century. Also covers poets, the Romantics, theatre and drama. |
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Tom Paine
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRpaine.htm
Biographical information on the 18th-century radical who published The Rights of Man in 1791, arguing for equal political rights. The book was immediately banned by the British government. |
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Roscoe – a true son of Liverpool
http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/citizen/71798.htm
A concise biography of William Roscoe, reformer, poet, history, lawyer, banker, MP. On the website of Liverpool John Moores University, which runs the 'Roscoe Lecture series'. |
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English Society in the 18th Century by Roy Porter (Penguin, 1990)
A portrait of 18th-century English life, from princes to paupers. Covers a wide range of subjects including housing, prisons, bordellos, the arts, work and wages.
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Enlightenment: Britain and the creation of the modern world by Roy Porter (Penguin, 2001)
Porter gets to the roots of the modern world order by chronicling the explosion of activity – industrial and political – before and after the French Revolution.
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Gender in Eighteenth-century England: Roles, representations and responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus (Longman, 1997)
Examines the experiences of men and women in public and private life and challenges the generally accepted belief that the 18th century saw the establishment of sexually segregated spheres. Essays integrate gender and mainstream history to show how complex and fluid gender relations actually were.
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Napoleon and English Romanticism by Simon Bainbridge (Cambridge University Press, 1995)
Through the study of Wordsworth, Coleridge and Byron, among others, this book highlights the importance of Napoleon to the Romantics.
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Rebellious Hearts: British women writers and the French Revolution by Adriana Craciun and Kari Lokke (New York Press, 2001)
Examines the full spectrum of women's participation in the social, economic, religious and poetic debates surrounding the French Revolution and the Napoleonic era.
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The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine (Dover Publications, 1999)
Originally published in 1791, this seminal work attacked hereditary government and argued for equal political rights. Paine suggested that all men over 21 in Britain should be given the vote. This, according to Paine, would result in a House of Commons willing to pass laws favourable to the majority.
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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft (Penguin, 1992)
First published in 1792, following the American and French revolutions, Mary Wollstonecraft took prevailing egalitarian principles and dared to apply them to women. She offers a sustained argument for emancipation and an attack on the social and economic system prevalent in the 18th century.
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