Introduction: Synthesis and engagement

John Richard Edwards; Stephen P. Walker

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Introduction: Synthesis and engagement

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If for many history is boring and all about dead people, why produce a Companion to the history of a discipline that is widely perceived as a mind-numbing activity performed by the living dead - cold, colourless number crunchers? In this volume we hope to show that accounting history is much more than describing the content of crumbling ledgers, the scrutiny of faded balance sheets and charting impenetrable methods for recording transactions in the past. While we don’t promise to excite readers with historical tales of lust, debauchery and murder, we do hope to reveal the manner in which the seemingly innocuous practice of accounting has pervaded human existence in numerous and fascinating ways.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Routledge Companion to Accounting History
Editors	John Richard Edwards, Stephen P. Walker
Place of Publication	London
Publisher	Routledge
Pages	1-8
Number of pages	8
Edition	2nd
ISBN (Electronic)	9781351238878, 9781351238885
ISBN (Print)	9780815375869
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351238885-101
Publication status	Published - 27 Apr 2020

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