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The Shock of the New | The Year 1789: More Than One Revolution
Category: Society & Culture
Duration: 00:54:08
Publish Date: 2022-11-01 12:10:00
Description: A revolution in France heralds a change in political order everywhere. The revolution upends ideas about everyday life, gender, time and more. New definitions of freedom and equality emerge — and are fiercely contested. As empires expand, enslaved people and anticolonial leaders push back. Part two in a series about what Salman Rushdie calls “hinge moments” in history, exploring how change happens.
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