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The Italian and Iberian Influence in Accounting History: The Imperative of Power book cover

1st Edition

The Italian and Iberian Influence in Accounting History The Imperative of Power

Edited By Michele Bigoni, Warwick Funnell Copyright 2018
314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge

314 Pages
by Routledge
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The Italian and Iberian Influence in Accounting History provides compelling evidence of how accounting, when conceived of as a technology rather than simply as a tool to increase efficiency, can work as a means to sustain power relations in different sites, such as the Church, the State or the factory. This book, drawing upon the growing body of work which focuses on Italy and the Iberian... Read more



1. The Imperative of Power: Accounting in Diverse Settings



Michele Bigoni and Warwick Funnell





Part 1: Accounting and the Church





2. Accounting and the Diffusion of Sacred Values in the Diocese of Ferrara (1431-1457)



Michele Bigoni, Enrico Deidda Gagliardo and Warwick Funnell





3. War or the Business of God: Spanish Military Hospitals in the 18th Century



Juan Baños Sanchez-Matamoros and Warwick Funnell





4. Accounting and the Restoration of Pastoral Power in the 15th Century Roman Catholic Church



Michele Bigoni and Warwick Funnell





Part 2: Accounting and the State





5. Governmentality, Accounting and Disciplinary Practices in the Abruzzo State (1539-1586)



Massimo Sargiacomo





6. Accounting and the Management of Power: Napoleon’s Occupation of the Commune of Ferrara (1796-1799)



Laura Maran, Enrico Bracci and Warwick Funnell





7. Govern(mentality) and Accounting: The Influence of Different Enlightenment Discourses in Two Spanish Cases (1761–1777)



Juan Baños Sanchez-Matamoros, Fernando Gutiérrez, Concha Álvarez-Dardet Espejo and Francisco Carrasco Fenech





8. Accounting for Madness: the "Real Casa dei Matti" of Palermo 1824-1860



Valerio Antonelli, Raffaele D’Alessio, Roberto Rossi and Warwick Funnell





Part 3: Accounting and Empire





9. Accounting and Spatial Practices



Salvador Carmona, Mahmoud Ezzamel and Fernando Gutiérrez





10. Spanish State-owned Firms and the Implementation of Early Cost Management in Competitive Markets



Eva Carmona and Donato Gómez





11. Accounting and Taxation Practices in the Operation of Slavery in Brazi

Biography



  • Warwick Funnell is Professor of Accounting and Public Sector Accountability and Head of Accounting at Kent Business School, UK




  • Dr Michele Bigoni is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting Kent Business School, UK


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