Daniel’s Reviews > The Middle Kingdoms: A New History of Central Europe > Status Update

Americanization of european culture following the first world war, and discussion of economic collapses throughout europe

Reached ch 28 “assimilation, biology, and the skull-measurers”

Rise of german musicians, wagner, then rise of bismarck

Rise of nationalism in later 1800s, people started dressing in styles supporting different national causes and even wore different mustached to symbolize the different movements

1848 revolutions. Peasants toppled absolute monarchies all over central europe

Rise of romanticism and strum und drang literature movements in 19th century. Started by Goethe