Cañizares-Esguerra, Jorge. Nature, Empire, and Nation: Explorations of the History of Science in the Iberian World. 2006. Explores the role of Spain and Spanish America in the development of science in the early modern period.

Dear, Peter. Revolutionizing the Sciences: European Knowledge and Its Ambitions, 1500–1700, 2d ed. 2009. An accessible and well-illustrated introduction to the Scientific Revolution.

Delborgo, James, and Nicholas Dew, eds. Science and Empire in the Atlantic World. 2008. A collection of essays examining the relationship between the Scientific Revolution and the imperial expansion of European powers across the Atlantic.

Ellis, Markman. The Coffee-House: A Cultural History. 2004. Recounts the rise of the coffeehouse and its impact on European cultural and social life.

Eze, Emmanuel Chukwudi, ed. Race and the Enlightenment: A Reader. 1997. A pioneering source on the origins of modern racial thinking in the Enlightenment.

Liebersohn, Harry. The Travelers’ World: Europe to the Pacific. 2008. A beautifully written account of Europeans’ voyages to the Pacific and the impact of these voyages on Enlightenment ideas.

Mannin, Susan, and Francis D. Cogliano. The Atlantic Enlightenment. 2008. A series of essays examining the exchange of Enlightenment ideas, authors, and texts across the Atlantic Ocean.

McMahon, Darrin M. Happiness: A History. 2006. Discusses how worldly pleasure became valued as a duty of individuals and societies in the Enlightenment.

Messbarger, Rebecca. The Lady Anatomist: The Life and Work of Anna Morandi Manzolini. 2010. The life of an Italian woman artist and scientist, who became a celebrated anatomical sculptor.

Outram, Dorinda. The Enlightenment, 2d ed. 2006. An outstanding and accessible introduction to Enlightenment debates that emphasizes the Enlightenment’s social context and global reach.

Shapin, Steven. The Scientific Revolution, 2d ed. 2008. A concise and well-informed general introduction to the Scientific Revolution.

Sorkin, David. Moses Mendelssohn and the Religious Enlightenment. 1996. A brilliant study of the Jewish philosopher and of the role of religion in the Enlightenment.