Although Swedish by birth, Alfred Nobel died in Italy. What does the debate over his citizenship and where his death taxes should be paid say about nineteenth-century Europe?
a) Although nationalism was on the rise, there remained a multi-national elite of engineers and inventors.
b) Nobel was a tax dodger who avoided his home country.
Consider This: What had been the military impact of gelignite throughout Europe? See 10.7: Narrative: The Man Who Died Twice.
c) Nobel hoped to help the fledgling Italian state compete against England, France, and Germany.
Consider This: What had been the military impact of gelignite throughout Europe? See 10.7: Narrative: The Man Who Died Twice.
d) Nobel admired the classical civilization of Rome and hoped his prizes would replicate it.
Consider This: What had been the military impact of gelignite throughout Europe? See 10.7: Narrative: The Man Who Died Twice.
a) Although nationalism was on the rise, there remained a multi-national elite of engineers and inventors.
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