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Anniversary Comparison

Posted by Jay Manifold on November 9th, 2009 (All posts by Jay Manifold)

Amazon search on “revolution 1848“: 17,292 results

Amazon search on “revolution 1989“: 7,972 results

 

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2 Responses to “Anniversary Comparison”

  1. Tatyana Says:
    November 9th, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    …and Revolution 1917, much more consequential than 1989 (besides being a real revolution, not metaphorical), is only 17,078.

  2. Alan K. Henderson Says:
    November 9th, 2009 at 11:39 pm

    Anecdotal evidence that the events historians tend to write about are events the general public is clueless about. (The American general public, at any rate.)

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