Accounting and control in the founding of the New Settlements of Sierra Morena and Andalucia, 1767-72

Concha Alvarez-Dardet Espejo, Juan Banos Sanchez-Matamoros and Francisco Carrasco Fenech

European Accounting Review, 2002, vol. 11, issue 2, 419-439

Abstract: Recently, a growing literature in accounting history has provided sociological interpretations of historical facts in which accounting was involved. Foucault's governmentality concept has contributed to such analysis, specifically in 19th and 20th century's cases. However, the analysis of 18th century and, specially, colonial organizations has not been made yet. Thus, this work is devoted to analyse how accounting is implicated in the control of a Spanish colonial project. The relationships between accounting and the enlightened discourses that improved the colonies are clear. Conversely, the role of the resistance in this case allows questioning the refereed accounting literature in governmentality.

Date: 2002
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