Budgetary earmarking and the control of the extravagant woman in Australia, 1850-1920

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 233-261

  Walker, Stephen P ^a   Carnegie, Garry D ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Australia; Budgetary earmarking; Dress; Ideology; Thrift; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846136944     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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