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BOOKS
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.
Calloway, Colin G. The Scratch of a Pen: 1763 and the Transformation of North America. 2006. A study of the dramatic impact of the Seven Years’ War on the British and French colonies of North America.
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-
Gould, Eliga H., and Peter S. Onuf, eds. Empire and Nation: The American Revolution in the Atlantic World. 2005. A collection of essays placing the American Revolution in its wider Atlantic context, including studies of its impact on daily life in the new republic and the remaining British Empire.
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.
McPhee, Peter, ed. A Companion to the French Revolution. 2013. A wide-
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-
Liberty! The American Revolution (PBS, 1997). A dramatic documentary about the American Revolution, consisting of six hour-
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.
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.
John Adams (HBO, 2008). An award-
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
French Revolution Digital Archive. A Web site hosted by Stanford University that includes fourteen thousand digital images from the French Revolution. http://frda.stanford.edu/
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/