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Liberty, Equality, Fraternity
http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution
/chap3a.html
An excellent essay on the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen drawn up in 1789.

Why the French Wanted Equality
http://ragz-international.com/
french_revolution.htm
A site that recounts the reasons for the popular slogan and the resulting social shifts.

Books

Liberty, Equality, Fraternity by Jack R Censer and Lynn Hunt (Pennsylvania State University, 2001) £16.95
This narration of the Revolution includes women's history and gender relations and the impact and legacies of the Revolution on the colonies. An accompanying disk contains hundreds of documents, images, songs, maps and a timeline and glossary.

The French Revolution and Human Rights edited by Lynn Hunt (Palgrave Macmillan, 1996) £9.99
A collection of major documents that highlight the controversies over human rights and citizenship from the Enlightenment to Revolutionary France.

Out of the Shadows: Women and politics in the French Revolution 1789-95 by Shirley Elson Roessler (Peter Lang, 1996). US edition only; available through online bookshops.
One of the few books that looks at the role of women during this period.

Britain and the French Revolution by Clive Emsley (Longman, 2000) £9.99
Provides an introduction to the impact of the French Revolution on Britain and discusses the works of Burke, Paine, Spence and Mary Wollstonecraft. Also looks at the causes and course of Britain's war with revolutionary France and the effects of the war on the home front – most notably, the recurrent, serious food shortages

Rebellious Hearts: British women writers and the French Revolution by Adriana Craciun and Kari Lokke (New York Press, 2001) £14.99
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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