Best 1790S

Edmund Burke’s *Reflections on the Revolution in France* analyzes the upheaval in France during the 1790s. The pamphlet expresses a conservative viewpoint, arguing against the radicalism of the revolution and emphasizing the importance of tradition, order, and established institutions. Burke contend...

Mary Wollstonecraft’s *A Vindication of the Rights of Woman* (1790s) is a foundational feminist text. It asserts that women are deserving of equal education and rational treatment within society. Wollstonecraft argues against societal constraints limiting female intellect and opportunity. The pamphl...

Olympe de Gouges’s Declaration of the Rights of Woman and of the Female Citizen, published in 1790 France, articulated a feminist response to the revolutionary ideals then circulating. This pamphlet asserted that women were entitled to the same fundamental rights as men—including liberty, property,...

Agrarian Justice is Thomas Paine's 1797 pamphlet proposing a landowner inheritance tax to fund old-age pensions and grants for young adults.

The Age of Reason is Thomas Paine's 1794 to 1795 deist pamphlet, notable for attacking biblical authority and organized religion.

A Vindication of the Rights of Men is Mary Wollstonecraft's 1790 response to Edmund Burke, defending natural rights and political reform.

An Appeal from the New to the Old Whigs is Edmund Burke's 1791 pamphlet defending Reflections and rejecting revolutionary Whig arguments.

The Rights of Infants is a radical pamphlet by British reformer Thomas Spence arguing that mothers and children have a natural claim to subsistence.