Chapter 22 An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871 The France of Napoleon III National Unification: Italy and Germany The Unification of Italy Advocates for Italian unification look to northern Italian state of Piedmont for hope 1852: Count Camillo di Cavour named prime minister by Victor Emmanuel II Cavour: favored constitutional government; economic expansion + building of roads, canals, railroads + expand credit + stimulate investment in new industries growth in Piedmont?s economy pour money into equipping large army Cavour?s plan for unification: make deal with Napoleon III reorganization of Italy Central Italy created for Napoleon III?s cousin, Prince Napoleon (marry daughter of King Victor Emmanuel) April 1859: provoked Austrians into invading Piedmont