The professional journal as a signal of movement to occupational ascendancy and as legitimation of a professional project: The early history of The Accountant's Magazine 1897-1951

Accounting History

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 7-40

  Lee, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Journal; Legitimacy; Occupational ascendancy; Professional project; Public accountancy; The Accountant's Magazine; The Accountants' Publishing Company; The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449101712     PISSN: 10323732     EISSN: 17493374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1032373206060080     Document Type: Article

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