The interface of race and accounting: The case of hawaiian sugar plantations, 1835-1920

Accounting History

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-32

  Fleischman, Richard K ^a   Tyson, Thomas N ^b  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accounting history; Labour control; Labour cost; Racism; Sugar plantation history

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842784742     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103237320000500102     Document Type: Article

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