Narrative accounting disclosure: Its role in the gold mining industry on the Gold Coast 1900-1949

Critical Perspectives on Accounting

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 390-401

  Maltby, Josephine ^a   Tsamenyi, Mathew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colonialism; Ghana; Gold Coast; Narrative accounting disclosure; Stock market

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952744151     PISSN: 10452354     EISSN: 10959955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpa.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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