'Men of small standing'? Locating accountants in English society during the mid-nineteenth century

European Accounting Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 377-399

  Walker, Stephen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33744901652     PISSN: 09638180     EISSN: 14684497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638180220125562     Document Type: Article

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