“The grand causes which combine to carry mankind forward”: Wollstonecraft, history and revolution

Women's Writing

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-172

  Rendall, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85009657147     PISSN: 09699082     EISSN: 17475848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09699089700200016     Document Type: Article

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