Theoretical perspectives on accounting for labor on slave plantations of the USA and British West Indies

Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 758-778

  Tyson, Thomas N ^a   Fleischman, Richard K ^b   Oldroyd, David ^c  

^a ST JOHN FISHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accounting history; Organizational structures; Production management

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547623911     PISSN: 09513574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513570410567809     Document Type: Article

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