The historical significance of double-entry bookkeeping: Some non-Sombartian claims

Accounting, Business and Financial History

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 77-88

  Yamey, B S ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting history; Luca Pacioli; Manichaeism; Rhetoric; Werner Sombart; Zero

Indexed keywords

EID: 14544290490     PISSN: 09585206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585200500033089     Document Type: Review

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