REVOLUTIONS RESOURCES

VCAA Website
http://www.vcaa.vic.edu.au/vce/studies/history/revolutions/revolutionindex.html

http://vcehistory.info/

Required texts
Revolution: France – Fenwick and Anderson
Revolution: China- McDonald.

Supplementary texts and study resources

The Leading Edge: Revolutions
History: French Revolution (Cambridge Checkpoints)
History: Chinese Revolution (Cambridge Checkpoints)
The Days of the French Revolution – Christopher Hibbert

Revolutions resources: Library

French: 944 -
The Crowd in the French Revolution: George Rude 944.04 RUD
The French Revolution: Luxardo 944.04 LUX
A Documentary Survey of the French Revolution Stewart 944.04 STE
The Sun King: Mitford 944.033 MIT

China: 951-
Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung Ed. Schram 951.05 QUO
Wild Swans: Chang 951.05 CHA
Red China Today: Edgar Snow 951.05 SNO
China: From the Long March to Tiananmen Square 951.05 CHI
China: The land and its people 951 MER

Websites:

The Internet can be an excellent source, but does need to be used carefully. The
quality of the sites can vary enormously. There are a number of checks you can apply
to information you find on the Internet.

- Does the article include ‘edu’? If so which educational institute is it?

- Does the article have an acknowledged author?
- How does the information complement of contradict the information you have
already read?
- Is it clearly biased?
- What is the interpretation being presented?
- Does the article contain footnotes so that you can trace the author’s sources?
- Do you recognise any of the works cited in the footnotes or bibliography?
- Is it written by a student or adult? Can you tell? How might this affect its
usefulness?
The above questions should help you work out whether the site is useful by placing it
in the context of ‘legitimate’ professional history.