Lifting stones: A place for microhistory in accounting research?

Accounting History

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-78

  Williams, Robert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boulton Watt; Embezzlement; John Bennett; Microhistory; Soho Foundry

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449136367     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103237329900400104     Document Type: Article

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