Table of Contents
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 Brazil
Lúcia Lima Rodrigues, Russell Craig, Paulo Schmidt and José Luís dos Santos
12. Accounting and the State: the Portuguese-Brazilian Empire
Lúcia Lima Rodrigues and Alan Sangster