Benedict Anderson, Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origins and Spread of Nationalism (1991). A now-classic though controversial examination of the process by which national identities were created.

Bonnie S. Anderson, Joyous Greetings: The First International Women’s Movement, 1830–1860 (2000). Describes the beginnings of transatlantic feminism.

David Armitage and Sanjay Subrahmanyam, eds., The Age of Revolutions in Global Context, c. 1760–1840 (2010). A recent collection of scholarly essays that seeks to explore revolutions within a global framework.

Laurent Dubois and John Garrigus, Slave Revolution in the Caribbean, 1789–1804 (2006). A brief and up-to-date summary of the Haitian Revolution, combined with a number of documents.

Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution, 1789–1848 (1999). A highly respected survey by a well-known British historian.

Lynn Hunt, ed., The French Revolution and Human Rights (1996). A collection of documents, with a fine introduction by a prominent scholar.

Égalité for All: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian Revolution, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOGVgQYX6SU. A thoughtful PBS documentary on the Haitian Revolution, focusing on its principal leader.

“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Exploring the French Revolution,” http://chnm.gmu.edu/revolution/. A collection of cartoons, paintings, and artifacts illustrating the French Revolution.