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Accounting and detective stories: an excursion to the USA in the 1940s

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  • Barbara Czarniawska

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Purpose - This paper aims to explore accounting across time and space via novels. Design/methodology/approach - The paper uses distant readings. Findings - The paper reveals peculiarities and commonalities of the work of Certified Public Accountants 70 years ago and now. Originality/value - The originality/value is to be decided by readers.

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  • Barbara Czarniawska, 2012. "Accounting and detective stories: an excursion to the USA in the 1940s," Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 25(4), pages 659-672, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:aaajpp:v:25:y:2012:i:4:p:659-672
    DOI: 10.1108/09513571211225088
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    1. Christopher J. Napier, 2017. "The Good Fraud: Accounting, Finance and Banking in a 1930s English Novel," CONTABILIT? E CULTURA AZIENDALE, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 2017(2), pages 43-70.

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