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Cartoons as alternative accounting: front-line supply in the First World War

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  • F.M. Miley
  • A.F. Read

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The accounting system that supported the provision of supplies to the Western Front during the First World War had some inadequacies from the perspective of the soldier on the front line. These inadequacies are revealed through the cartoons drawn by Bruce Bairnsfather, a front-line officer in the British Army. Our examination shows that cartoons can provide source material for accounting histories. It also shows that cartoons can be considered as a form of accounting themselves and, in doing so, stretches the epistemological boundaries of accounting.

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  • F.M. Miley & A.F. Read, 2014. "Cartoons as alternative accounting: front-line supply in the First World War," Accounting History Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(2-3), pages 161-189, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:acbsfi:v:24:y:2014:i:2-3:p:161-189
    DOI: 10.1080/21552851.2014.967932
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    1. Miley, Frances & Read, Andrew, 2021. "Soldiers don't go mad: Shell shock and accounting intransigence in the British Army 1914-18," The British Accounting Review, Elsevier, vol. 53(2).
    2. Giovanna Centorrino, 2021. "The complex power dynamics within a health care institution during the 15th and 18th centuries. The case of the Great and New Hospital of Palermo," CONTABILIT? E CULTURA AZIENDALE, FrancoAngeli Editore, vol. 0(1), pages 11-59.

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