The genesis of the capitalist farmer: towards a Marxist accounting history of the origins of the English agricultural revolution

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 367-397

  Bryer, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33645840741     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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