The Portuguese School of Commerce, 1759-1844: A reflection of the "Enlightenment"

Accounting History

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 53-71

  Rodrigues, Lucia Lima ^a   Gomes, Delfina ^a   Craig, Russell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accounting; Commerce; Education; History; Portugal; School

Indexed keywords

EID: 48449083878     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/103237320400900304     Document Type: Article

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