Writing the history of business communication: The example of Defoe

Journal of Business Communication

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 500-520

  Lund, Roger D ^a,b  

^a LE MOYNE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MBA Faculty   (United States)

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EID: 54649083771     PISSN: 00219436     EISSN: 15524582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002194369803500404     Document Type: Article

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