Fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively short period of time

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Three women seated around a table discussing the prospect of being raped in a potential revolution. Etching, 1831.

A dentist telling his patient in the middle of an operation that he has nothing to fear from revolutions as dentists are always spared. Reproduction of a drawing after L. Raven-Hill, 1924.

Franco-Prussian War: Civil unrest in Paris. Wood engraving after W. Simpson.

Extraordinary adventures, revolutions, and events. Being an account of divers stupendious [sic] accidents, strange deliverances, signal mutations in the fortunes of several famous men, and changes of government in many countries. With other observable passages in divers kingdoms, states and provinces throughout the world : enlivened with pictures, for their better illustration / by R.B.

Marx, Freud, and the critique of everyday life : toward a permanent cultural revolution / [Bruce Brown].

"... die Heilärzte des kranken Staates." : Die Beteiligung von Medizinern an der Revolution 1848 in Wien / Kathrine E. Kogler.

Family politics : domestic life, devastation and survival, 1900-1950 / Paul Ginsborg.

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Marx, Freud, and the critique of everyday life : toward a permanent cultural revolution / [Bruce Brown].

A dentist telling his patient in the middle of an operation that he has nothing to fear from revolutions as dentists are always spared. Reproduction of a drawing after L. Raven-Hill, 1924.

"... die Heilärzte des kranken Staates." : Die Beteiligung von Medizinern an der Revolution 1848 in Wien / Kathrine E. Kogler.

Family politics : domestic life, devastation and survival, 1900-1950 / Paul Ginsborg.