The science of accounts: Bookkeeping rooted in the ideal of science

Accounting Historians Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 1-33

  McMillan, Keith P ^a  

^a ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85009374153     PISSN: 01484184     EISSN: 23274468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2308/0148-4184.25.2.1     Document Type: Article

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