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