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'Horrid appealing': accounting for taxable profits in mid-nineteenth century England

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  • Lamb, Margaret, 2001. "'Horrid appealing': accounting for taxable profits in mid-nineteenth century England," Accounting, Organizations and Society, Elsevier, vol. 26(3), pages 271-298, April.
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