Accounting and order

"This book draws on ancient Egyptian inscriptions in order to theorize the relationship between accounting and order. It focuses especially on the performative power of accounting in producing and sustaining order in society. It explores how accounting intervened in various domains of the ancie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ezzamel, Mahmoud.
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2012.
Series:Routledge studies in accounting ; 12
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. I. Egypt, order, and scribes
  • pt. II. Accounting, order, and gods
  • pt. III. Providing for the state
  • pt. IV. Ordering the private domain
  • pt. V. Epilogue.