Armitage, David, and Sanjay Subrahmanyam, eds. The Age of Revolutions in Global Context, c. 1760–1840. 2009. Presents the international causes and consequences of the age of revolutions.
Auslander, Leora. Cultural Revolutions: Everyday Life and Politics in Britain, North America, and France. 2009. An innovative interpretation of the revolutions in England, America, and France as cultural revolutions that politicized daily life.
Bell, David A. The First Total War: Napoleon’s War and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It. 2007. Argues that the French Revolution created a new form of “total” war that prefigured the world wars of the twentieth century.
Broers, Michael. Europe Under Napoleon. 2002. Probes Napoleon’s impact on the territories he conquered.
Connelly, Owen. The French Revolution and Napoleonic Era. 1991. An excellent introduction to the French Revolution and Napoleon.
Desan, Suzanne. The Family on Trial in Revolutionary France. 2004. Studies the effects of revolutionary law on the family, including the legalization of divorce.
Dubois, Laurent. Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution. 2004. An excellent and highly readable account of the revolution that transformed the French colony of Saint-Domingue into the independent state of Haiti.
Klooster, Wim. Revolutions in the Atlantic World: A Comparative History. 2009. An accessible and engaging comparison of the revolutions in North America, France, Haiti, and Spanish America.
Schechter, Ronald. Obstinate Hebrews: Representations of Jews in France, 1715–1815. 2003. An illuminating study of Jews and attitudes toward them in France from the Enlightenment to emancipation.
Sepinwall, Alyssa, ed. Haitian History: New Perspectives. 2013. A collection of essays showcasing the most important new scholarship on the Haitian Revolution.
Wood, Gordon S. The American Revolution: A History. 2003. A concise introduction to the American Revolution by a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian.
DOCUMENTARIES
Égalité for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution (PBS, 2009). Uses music, interviews, voodoo rituals, and dramatic re-enactments to explore the Haitian Revolution and its fascinating leader, Toussaint L’Ouverture.
Liberty! The American Revolution (PBS, 1997). A dramatic documentary about the American Revolution, consisting of six hour-long episodes that cover events from 1763 to 1788.
The War That Made America (PBS, 2006). A miniseries about the French and Indian War that focuses on alliances between Native Americans and the French and British, including George Washington’s role in the conflict as a young officer.
FEATURE FILMS AND TELEVISION
Colonel Chabert (Yves Angelo, 1994). A Napoleonic cavalryman severely wounded in battle and left for dead recovers and returns home to find that his wife has remarried an ambitious politician.
The Crossing (A&E, 2000). A television film focusing on George Washington’s risky decision to lead the Continental Army across the Delaware River and engage British forces at the Battle of Trenton.
Farewell, My Queen (Benoît Jacquot, 2012). A fictional view of the final days of the French monarchy, from the perspective of a female servant whose job is to read to Queen Marie Antoinette.
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Peter Weir, 2003). A British navy captain pursues a French vessel along the coast of South America during the Napoleonic Wars.
WEB SITES
Haiti Digital Library. A guide to online primary sources, articles, and Web sites related to Haitian history, from the revolution to modern times; sponsored by the Haiti Laboratory at Duke University. sites.duke.edu/haitilab/english/
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution. Features a large image and document collection from the era of the French Revolution, as well as songs, maps, and thematic essays written by expert scholars in the field. chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/
The Papers of George Washington. A site with online versions of many documents pertaining to and written by George Washington, accompanied by articles on themes related to Washington’s life and views. gwpapers.virginia.edu/index.html