Occupational differentiation and exclusion in early Canadian accountancy

Accounting and Business Research

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 373-391

  Edwards, John Richard ^a   Walker, Stephen P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accountants; Bookkeepers; Canada; Census; Closure

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649116976     PISSN: 00014788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00014788.2008.9665772     Document Type: Article

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