The World of 1848-1871
Places, People, and Events
The time from 1848 to 1871 brought many new changes to the world. These changes not only included new shapes for old countries, but also changes to the way mankind thinks. An exciting time of revolution and inquiry, both inner and scientific, the events, people, and places of that time period have had a great hand in shaping todays world. Below are a list of topics from this time period, so one can grasp a better understanding of what happened during that time and the impact those events have had.
National Unification and the National State
Failure of the Concert of Europe
The Unification of Italy
The Unification of Germany
Nationalism and Reform in Europe
Developments in the United States and Canada
Cultural Life: Romanticism and Realism in the Western World
Characteristics of Romanticism
A New Age of Science
Characteristics of Realism
The Works
The Stonebreakers, Gustave Courbet
Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert
A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens
Oliver Twist, by Charles Dickens
©. Harold Short, 3/30/02-Work Cited