The Industrial Revolution, The French revolution,
Russian or American are early examples of the seriousness of the word. Now, looking through my library I find titles such as
Voices of the food revolution : you can heal your body and your world--with food! / John Robbins and Ocean Robbins
Revolution 2.0 : the power of the people is greater than the people in power : a memoir / Wael Ghonim
The autism revolution : whole-body strategies for making life all it can be / Martha Herbert, with Karen Weintraub
The leaderless revolution : how ordinary people will take power and change politics in the twenty-first century / Carne Ross
The scientific revolution / by Don Nardo Nardo, Don, 1947-
Revolution in a bottle : how TerraCycle is redefining green business / Tom Szaky
The retail revolution : how Wal-Mart remade American business, transformed the global economy, and put politics in every store / Nelson Lichtenstein
Jamie's food revolution : rediscover how to cook simple, delicious, affordable meals / Jamie Oliver ; photography by David Loftus and Chris Terry
Pictures at a revolution : five movies
and the birth of the new Hollywood / Mark Harris
What you describe is as old a hyerbole