The graphic below outlines some of the key factors leading to increased nationalism in Germany from 1815-1850.

Current Madison Maennerchor bass Fred Berger came to the U.S. from Germany at 13 years old in 1955 but didn’t join the choir ...

Prussia's development as a successful, modern industrial state gave hope to German nationalists. Economically, unification through the Zollverein economic alliance of 1834 had been a success.

Professor Breuilly's expertise lies in modern German history and the comparative history ... the history of bourgeois culture and the history and theory of nationalism and of modernisation.