Janken Myrdal
The Dovring saga : a story of academic immigration
Every life reflects the history of its period and will reveal something about society as a whole. The reader will find a similar use of a life-story here. The subject is Folke Dovring, who around 1950 tried to introduce new ideas about history based on statistical analysis and history from below. His attempt was made in vain and he was rejected by the Swedish academic community. Leaving Sweden in
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