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Volume 25, Issue 4
4 May 2012
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Lee Parker;
Lee Parker
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Case Report| May 04 2012

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

Barbara Czarniawska
Barbara Czarniawska
Gothenburg Research Institute, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Barbara Czarniawska can be contacted at: barbara.czarniawska@gri.gu.se
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Barbara Czarniawska can be contacted at: barbara.czarniawska@gri.gu.se
Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-4205
Print ISSN: 1368-0668
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2012
Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal (2012) 25 (4): 659–672.
https://doi.org/10.1108/09513571211225088
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.

Keywords: Distant readings, Literary anthropology, Accounting and crime, Reading, Books
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2012
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